Sengwer language of western Kenya

[Don Osborn]

Thanks, Susan. I was not aware of the Ekegusii effort. By cc I'll forward
thie to Phil Vernon and the Africa-related lists.

 

Don

 

 

From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Susan Penfield
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:32 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Sengwer language of western Kenya

 

Hi Don,

They might want to get in touch with Kennedy Boisere  or Gladys Machomobo
who are community scholars/ linguists developing a program with Ekegusii
...(check out the online site) or write to them...I 

 <http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/ekegusii1.html>
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/ekegusii1.html>

 

Susan

 

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Don Osborn <dzo at bisharat.net> wrote:

[forwarding this message which was sent to the closed list, A12n-forum]

 

Hello A12n

 

On recent travels to Kenya, I met with a number of indigenous language
groups who are struggling to maintain and/or renew their language and
culture. I'm a non-expert with concern that these groups be given the chance
to flourish once again.

 

One such group, the Sengwer People of the Charangani Hills area of western
Kenya, expressed the need for linguistics help (i.e. orthography, see note
below) when I passed on a contact for the First Voices' Endangered Language
publishing project, which you may know about through another Canadian A12n
member, Peter Brand.

 

Has anyone on the list worked in this part of Kenya, or able to make a
connection with the Sengwer? I will pass on contact information if this
seems appropriate.

 

Thanks,

Phil Vernon

(new) list member

 

Sengwer comment:

We haven't had a volunteer with knowledge on linguistics or  financial
support to hire a linguistic consultant to put the language correctly
according to how it is spoken/pronounced.






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Department of English (Primary)
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Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), 
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