Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book (fwd link)

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Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book

Published: November 21, 2011

"Language suicide is when a community itself opts not to practice it,"
Distinguished National Professor and renowned author and linguist Dr
Tariq Rahman.

Deliberating on the need to protect endangered local languages,
national and international experts urged on making conscious effort to
save Ormuri language, spoken by the Ormuri people in Pakistan and
Afghanistan, according to an SDPI press release.

This was discussed during an official presentation of the book ‘The
Ormuri Language in Past and Present’, jointly organised by the Forum
for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (FLI) and Sustainable Development
Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Sunday. The book has been translated
from Russian to English and is on the centuries-old Ormuri language,
which is now on verge of extinction. Dr Joan LG Baart translated the
book.

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