Court rules against Yup?'ik as an historically written language ...

[phil cash cash]

According to the news reporting on the judges ruling...
...“one or two generations” of Yup’ik speakers using written Yup’ik 
did not
constitute a historically written language.
It seems the deep bias should be entrenched enough to prevent any rupture in
anybody's historical awareness.  You think?  ;-)
19th century Russian cyryllic Yup’ik writing not withstanding, of course. 
Phil
UofA
Quoting Andrew Cunningham :

> Begs the question, is modern American English as it is currently written a
> historically written language?
>
> Andrew
>
> 2008/7/24 Donald Z. Osborn :
>
>> What is the background on this category "historically written language"?
>> (Academically, legally.) Although there may be a use for such a description,
>> it sounds like it can too readily be misused as a pretext for linguistic
>> discrimination.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
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ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of phil cash cash
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:33 PM
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>> Subject: [ILAT] Court rules against Yup''ik as an historically written
>> language (fwd media link)
>>
>> Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN)
>>
>> Court rules against Yup''ik as an historically written language
>>
>> Fri, July 18, 2008
>> Posted in Alaska News, Top Stories
>>
>> A Federal Judge has ruled that Yup''ik is not an historically written
>> language.
>> The ruling is part of a lawsuit brought on by Yup''ik elders and tribes
>> against
>> the State of Alaska and the City of Bethel. The ruling by Judge Timothy
>> Burgess
>> could limit the kind of language assistance the state is required to
>> provide.
>>
>> Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel
>>
>> Access radio podcast below:
>>
>>
http://aprn.org/2008/07/18/court-rules-against-yupik-as-a-historically-written-language/
>>
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>
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> State Library of Victoria
> Australia
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