Hip-hop, texting may help save world's languages (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe (fwd link)

Just note my reply used the wrong news heading in subj line!  But you knew
that already...
Phil


On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> tá’c haláXp (good day),
>
>
> I imagine that Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez are local celebrities by
> now given the heavy news coverage for these two men and their endangered
> language situation.  It seems that the reason why this news story gets such
> heavy coverage and recycling is because it is such a GOOD STORY to tell!  I
> think this is instructive if you are seeking publicity or news coverage,
> that is, it is simply not enough to be a speaker of an endangered language,
> one must have a truly compelling story to go along with.
>
>
> Phil Cash Cash
>
> ilat mg
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>
>
>
> ~~~
> Monday, June 27, 2011
>
> Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe
>
> By Tim Johnson
> McClatchy Newspapers
> Published: Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 11:52 am
>
> AYAPAN, Mexico — Only two people on Earth are known to speak the
> Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few
> words who are somewhat indifferent to each other's company.
>
> When Segovia and Velasquez pass away, their language also will go to
> the grave. It will mark the demise of a unique way of describing the
> lush landscape of southern Mexico, and thinking about the world.
>
> Access full article below:
>
> http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/27/3730915/silenced-voices-languages-dying.html
>
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