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NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Foundation for EndangeredLanguages
Nicholas Ostler
nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Foundation for EndangeredLanguages
FEL's mission is to"support, enable and assistthe documentation,protection and promotionof endangered languages".
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Languages aided by FEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Conferences11 conferences, in 5 continents, so far
organized by theme, not region,
attended by local experts and westernlinguists,
stressing solidarity among small languagecommunities
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Some Live Issues
It’s not so simple —
running your own show.
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Latin in the 6th Century BCThe Language of Western Europe:
Dominated all elite discourse from 3rd to16th centuries AD
Vulgar Latin > Romance langs, totallingalmost 800 million speakers: far biggerthan English, smaller only than Chinese
Could easily have been:
Eliminated in favour of Etruscan
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Latin in the 6th Century BCEarly Rome politicallydominated byEtruscans, e.g.
2 Etruscan Kings:Tarquinius
Many Etruscan nobles:Claudius, even Caesar
culturally dominatedEtruscan > Romanalphabet
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Long-Term Attitudes
Endangerment is NOT
“a Problem to be Fixed”
once and for all.
Each New Generation
will have to take responsibility.
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
But as to the Future…
L. Frank Manríquez, working for Tongva (S. California)
“How can it be hopeless, whenthere is so much hope?”
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
NSF Documenting Endangered Languages Workshop,Durham, New Hampshire, October 2007
Nicholas OstlerFEL
Foundation for EndangeredLanguages
Nicholas Ostler
nostler@chibcha.demon.co.uk
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