ELL: Endangered Languages Debate

[Matthew McDaniel]

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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 11:03:57 +0700
From: Matthew McDaniel <akha at loxinfo.co.th>
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Hey, I do this between hundreds of kilometers of back jarring roads in
villages, a map maker off to my right, here for just a few minutes, can't
write it all.

The whole point of this is that missions are doing more damage here to Akha
language and culture in the field than I can undo quick enough with books.

We are starting a VERY ANTI MISSIONARY campaign to help turn the tide.

But I would not sit back and make books and think that I did not have people
who want to just wipe their culture off the face of the earth.

Want to do something?

Go to your closest Baptist church and protest the treatment of native peoples
in Thailand by the American Baptists, the Chinese Baptists, all supported
with your good church dollars, please pass the wine for communion will you.

Matthew






Henry Szymonik wrote:

> So many people have criticized the recent debate/arguments.  One
> way to deal with this if you don't like the current issue, is to post
> one of your own.  I attempted to do this by presenting the example
> of the Ojibwe and Hawaiians on Niihau.  I attempted to look
> at language [which is what this list is supposed to be about]
> specifically, while incorporating the issue of religion that Matthew
> so often talks about.  Yet there has been not one comment about
> my posting.  Not even Matthew has commented on the apparent
> contrast to the situation with the Akha that I have presented.
> If the ideal of this list is discussion of endangered languages, why
> does no discuss what I have presented or bring up a language
> topic of their own?
>
> Henry Szymonik

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Matthew McDaniel
The Akha Heritage Foundation
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