Hmar, Paite, Mao language extinct: UN report (fwd link)

[scott delancey]

See also:

http://hmar.in/news/native-scholar-doubts-unesco-report-on-indigenous-languages
http://ifp.co.in/shownews.php?newsid=11373

I have always been suspicious of this kind of info out of UNESCO, but this is just
scandalous.  As I said in my previous note, there are a number of linguists in
North East India, particuarly in Manipur, who are working with these languages,
and it's obvious that none of them (not to mention any actual community members)
were consulted about this.

--
Scott DeLancey
Department of Linguistics
University of Oregon 1290
Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
541-346-3901

On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:56:04 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:
> Hmar, Paite, Mao language extinct: UN report 
> 
> Written by Mizoram Express 
> 
 Zoram Khawvel 
> Aug 6, 2010 
>   
> 
 Tribal languages under threat. 
> 
> IMPHAL: In a surprising report of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in its online interactive atlas of the world’s languages in danger 2009, some major tribal languages of Manipur have been  enlisted as extinct languages while some other languages as endangered. 
> 
 
> The extinct languages as mentioned in the UNESCO report are Aimol, Tarao, Purum, Phayeng, Andro and Sekmai while those endangered are Kabui, Hmar, Kom, Gangte, Mao, Maram, Maring, Moyon and Paite. 
> 
 
> The report of the UNESCO on the status of major tribal languages of the state is quite questionable as most of these languages are currently spoken by the respective tribes as their mother-tongue. 
> 
 
> Access full article below: 
> http://mizoramexpress.com/index.php/2010/08/hmar-paite-mao-language-extinct-un-report/ 
>