16.289, Media: Featured Article at Wikipedia

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-289. Mon Jan 31 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.289, Media: Featured Article at Wikipedia

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Date: 30-Jan-2005
From: Mike Maxwell < maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu >
Subject: Featured Article at Wikipedia

	
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:13:09
From: Mike Maxwell < maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu >
Subject: Featured Article at Wikipedia


The featured article for 30 Jan 2005 at the Wikipedia is about the Laal
language of Chad.  The front page is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

It mentions that the language is unclassified and endangered.  The full article
is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laal_language

It includes a brief sketch of the phonology and grammar.

While other feature articles at Wikipedia have been about language, I
believe this is the first time an endangered language was the topic (not
counting Latin!).

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics





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