How a Bible translation is preserving the Pitjantjatjara language (fwd link)

[Jonathan Giles]

Richard,I find myself asking the same question  when I see the titles of
many of the articles that pass through ILAT. Most of them say that a
language is being preserved or revived through the effort described
(classroom teaching, documentation, etc). I often wonder, what exactly is
happening, if we move beyond those terms and look at the specifics?




On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Richard Zane Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:

> preserving it? or stretching an indigenous language to fit ancient Greek
> paradigms?
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> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Phil Cash Cash <weyiiletpu at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> How a Bible translation is preserving the Pitjantjatjara language
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>>    - BY:RICHARD GUILLIATT
>>    - From:The Australian <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/>
>>    - September 07, 2013 12:00AM
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>> IN 1943, two Christian missionaries living in mud huts among the Western
>> Desert people at the remote outpost of Ernabella, central Australia, set
>> about translating the King James Bible into Pitjantjatjara, an ancient
>> language that had never been written down.
>>
>> Access full article below:
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>> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/saved-in-translation/story-e6frg8h6-1226713438361
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