Map Shows Thousands of Dead or Dying Languagesn(fwd link)

[Sarah Cutfield]

Also see Peter Austin¹s critque of the UNESCO atlas:

http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/2009/02/unescos_atlas_of_the_worlds_la_1.html

Sarah Cutfield.


On 15/04/09 2:54 AM, "Dave Pearson" <dave_pearson at SIL.ORG> wrote:

> At the launch in February the Editor-in-chief of the Atlas, Christopher
> Moseley, discussed the challenges of locating languages, single data points
> being easier and less controversial than areas defined by polygons. He has
> already had lots of feedback. UNESCO wants updates to improve the quality of
> the data and has supplied a questionnaire
> <http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00213> . If you only have one
> comment to make and don¹t want to fill in the questionnaire then write to
> atlas at unesco.org <mailto:atlas at unesco.org>
>  
> Dave Pearson
>  
> 
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
> On Behalf Of Jimrem at AOL.COM
> Sent: 10 April 2009 18:41
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ILAT] Map Shows Thousands of Dead or Dying Languagesn(fwd link)
>  
> 
>>> >>I went to the UNESCO map (listed under resources below the article).  Some
> of the data is not quite accurate.  Does anyone on this list know where/if
> such data can be corrected?  Without it taking endless amounts of time?
> 
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> 
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> 
> I also would like to know how to correct this misinformation.  The map shows
> the Munsee dialect of Lenape (Delaware Indian language) in central PA as a
> living language, while the only speakers are in Ontario.  The Unami dialect is
> shown in Maryland and listed as extinct.  Lenape was spoken not in Maryland,
> but in northern DE, all of NJ, eastern PA, and southeastern NY state.  We
> still have partial speakers located in OK.
> 
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> Jim Rementer, director
> Lenape Language Project
> The Delaware Tribe
> Bartlesville OK 74006
>  
> 
> 
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