Reply to" ELL: Requesting your assistance"

[Lakhan Gusain]

Dear Gail,
thanks for your mail. I will write you in detail about South Asian
endangered languages tomorrow. As to day I was very busy in exams of my
students.
All the best,

Lakhan


>From: Coelho <gail at utxvms.cc.utexas.edu>
>Reply-To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au,
>endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>Subject: Re: Reply to" ELL: Requesting your assistance"
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:14:58 -0500
>
>That's interesting .. I'd be interested in hearing about endangered
>languages in South Asia. It seemed hard to find info on this issue.
>
>Gail Coelho
>
>
>At 09:58 AM 4/17/02 -0400, Lakhan Gusain wrote:
>>Dear Akira,
>>
>>I received your mail through ELL List titled"ELL: Requesting your
>>assistance" where you have mentioned the areas where languages are in
>>Endangerment. Most of the world is covered in this list, I appreciate
>>this. But there is no mention of SOUTH ASIA: India, Pakistan, Nepal, sri
>>Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Malidives.....
>>
>>Do you think that There is NO endangered language in these countries?
>>Whereas, according to rough estimate about ONE THOUSAND endangered
>>dialects/languages are there in South Asia.
>>
>>Hope you will the consider this.
>>
>>All the best,
>>
>>Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
>>Faculty
>>Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
>>3070, Frieze Building
>>University of Michigan
>>Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1285 (USA)
>>--------------------------------------Original Message-------
>>
>>>From: "Akira Y. Yamamoto" <akira at ku.edu>
>>>Reply-To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>>>To: endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au
>>>Subject: ELL: Requesting your assistance
>>>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:39:18 -0500
>>>
>>>Dear ELLers:
>>>         Discovery Channel, the world's leading non-fiction entertainment
>>>channel dedicated to helping people explore the world, will form a
>>>promotional partnership with the United Nations Educationa, Scientific
>>>and
>>>Cultural Organizaiton (UNESCO) aimed at generating awareness for
>>>endangered
>>>languages and cultural heritage.  To this end, Discovery Channel plans to
>>>produce the ginettes/films of up to 2 minutes in length each related to
>>>language preservation and the value of languages both as a means of
>>>communication and expression of cultural identity.  UNESCO/Discovery
>>>Channel need to have 2~4 examples of endangered language communities in
>>>each of the countries listed below.  We are asked to provide such
>>>examples
>>>of endangered languages to be filmed and they want examples:
>>>(1) that will be illustrative in order to appeal to the general public,
>>>(2) that have accessible contact persons,
>>>(3) that will not create any political problem with the concerned
>>>government,
>>>(4) that may include spoken, written, or sign language,
>>>(5) and that the language community is trying to maintain, vitalize or
>>>revitalize their languages.
>>>
>>>The geographical areas they are looking for are:
>>>
>>>Great Britain/UK/Ireland
>>>Western EuropeNordic
>>>Eastern Europe/Baltics
>>>Middle East/Turkey/Africa
>>>Taiwan
>>>Malaysia
>>>Korea
>>>China
>>>Argentina
>>>Mexico
>>>Venezuela
>>>
>>>Could anyone help identify such endangered languages/language
>>>communities?
>>>Many thanks, Akira
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Akira Y. Yamamoto
>>>The University of Kansas
>>>Department of Anthropology
>>>Fraser Hall 622
>>>1415 Jayhawk Blvd.
>>>Lawrence, KS 66045-7556
>>>Phone: (785) 864-2645
>>>FAX: (785) 864-5224
>>>Anthropology: http://www.ukans.edu/~kuanth/
>>>Linguistics: http://www.linguistics.ukans.edu/
>>
>>
>>
>>
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