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| Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they? |
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#1
 2008-01-26, 22:04
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Wasilla, Alaska
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So long Eyak
In Alaska, the last Native speaker of Eyak died recently.
Right now, there are about twenty Native languges still extant, with the number of speakers ranging from 5 to10,000.
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#2
 2008-01-26, 22:16
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Rem 
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Re: So long Eyak
By native, do you mean inuit, or native including all the other aboriginals?
How much do they differ anyway?
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#3
 2008-01-26, 22:31
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Wasilla, Alaska
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Re: So long Eyak
The figure includes Inuits, Aleuts, Tlingits, and various Alaskan Indians. I don't know a lot about them, but there is a story in bbc news--in fact, I'll post a link in a minute.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7206411.stm
there.
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#4
 2008-01-26, 22:34
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Rem 
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Re: So long Eyak
Excellent, thanks
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#5
 2008-01-26, 22:56
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Cellophane_Man 
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Re: So long Eyak
Languages die out at the rate of about 1 a fortnight.
Sad but true.
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#6
 2008-01-29, 17:34
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niggersexual 
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Re: So long Eyak
Good riddance.
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