From: Marion Gunn (mgunn@egt.ie)
Date: Fri Feb 05 2010 - 11:25:49 CST
Scríobh Ed Trager:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
> <asmodai@in-nomine.org> wrote:
>
>> -On [20100205 12:01], Marion Gunn (mgunn@egt.ie) wrote:
>>
>>> American languages are the most obvious examples, Jeroen. How many American
>>> languages were/are there?
>>>
>
> Were there not on the order of ~300 languages spoken in North America
> when Europeans first arrived on these shores?
I don't know. You tell me, Ed.
> Language "revival" as part of a larger,
> living goal of cultural renewal and preservation in minority
> communities -- now that is something I can get excited about!
>
That is something I am doing in my own country, without getting excited
about it. Is it something are doing in your country, too?
mg
> - Ed Trager
>
-- Marion Gunn * eGteo (Estab.1991) 27 Páirc an Fhéithlinn, Baile an Bhóthair, An Charraig Dhubh, Co. Átha Cliath, Éire/Ireland * mgunn@egt.ie * eamonn@egt.ie *
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