LINGANTH Digest - 7 Feb 2012 to 12 Feb 2012 (#2012-23)

[Stephanie Feyne]

Ps
I saw Alan in my dream. 
I think it was cuz Kevin bratholt was there. He has Alan hair, only thicker.
I had a long convoluted dream and saw Alan with a flame over his head - like the mcgoo xmas carol cartoon of ghost of xmas past. He appeared 2 times. Then I touched him. Turned out the 3rd one was a person in Alan clothes:)

Xo

Stephanie

Typos courtesy of iPhone:)


On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:00 AM, LINGANTH automatic digest system <LISTSERV at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG> wrote:

> There is 1 message totaling 53 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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>  1. your favorite words from disappearing languages
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> Date:    Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:23:20 -0500
> From:    Ronald Kephart <ronkephart at COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: Re: your favorite words from disappearing languages
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> Jenn,
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> One of my favorite words also comes from Aymara:
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> Aruskipasipxañanakasakipunirakispäwa.
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> 'I know from personal knowledge that it's desirable that we all working 
> together make the effort to communicate with one another.'
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> Ron
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> 
> On 2/4/12 12:11 AM, Jenn Wheeler wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm a creative person who is working on a little project with disappearing
>> languages&  art. I was hoping you would like to help me out and let me know
>> your favorite word(s) from a disappearing language OR from a native
>> language, from any location in the world. *If you're able to provide me
>> with just the word, and the language* I can do the extra work to find out
>> where it is spoken&  how many speakers are still active. (Disappearing
>> languages of course might have one or millions of speakers currently, but
>> if no one is learning the language in new generations it would be
>> considered disappearing...)
>> 
>> An an example:
>> Aymara: *nayra* (spoken mostly throughout Bolivia and Peru)
>>         When an Aymaran speaker is discussing the past, their hand gestures
>> refer to the past as being infront of them and the future as behind them
>> (the opposite to how we might conventionally understand our placement of
>> time). To the Aymara, the word for past, nayra, is also the word for eye.
>> The past is therefore referred to being infront of you because you have
>> seen it. The future, behind us, is unknown, as it is visually inaccessible.
>> 
>> Also very open to any links or articles you might like to share. I will be
>> happy to share the results of the art project with anyone who is
>> interested.
>> Questions welcome&  thank you!
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> Jennifer
>> 
>> 
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