Comments on: Learning an Endangered Language (Part 2) http://savageminds.org/2009/02/11/learning-an-endangered-language-part-2/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 01:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Learning an Endangered Language (Part 4: Recap) | Savage Minds http://savageminds.org/2009/02/11/learning-an-endangered-language-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-720890 Learning an Endangered Language (Part 4: Recap) | Savage Minds Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:12:22 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1598#comment-720890 [...] hard at work on this again, so here’s a roundup of the previous posts on the topic: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, as well as a more general post on my decision to teach in [...] [...] hard at work on this again, so here’s a roundup of the previous posts on the topic: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, as well as a more general post on my decision to teach in [...]

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]]> By: New faces in the old neighborhood « Greater Blogazonia http://savageminds.org/2009/02/11/learning-an-endangered-language-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-618684 New faces in the old neighborhood « Greater Blogazonia Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:21:40 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1598#comment-618684 [...] now — but see a series posts by Kerim Friedman on learning an endangered language (here, here, here, and here). Interestingly I haven’t seen much sign of the entertainingly splenetic [...] [...] now — but see a series posts by Kerim Friedman on learning an endangered language (here, here, here, and here). Interestingly I haven’t seen much sign of the entertainingly splenetic [...]

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]]> By: Morgan http://savageminds.org/2009/02/11/learning-an-endangered-language-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-573876 Morgan Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:32:57 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1598#comment-573876 Thanks for your post... I very much want to learn one of the Mayan languages, but there is the competing desire of wanting to improve my spanish fluency to an academic level. And then, which Mayan language do I choose (i have it down to 3 or 4 possibles)? Many villages have their own particular dialects as well. How long will it take to learn, and do I really have the time. But how can I really study Maya stuff if I don't bother to learn their language. I'm glad to see a post by someone facing similar issues. Thanks for your post…

I very much want to learn one of the Mayan languages, but there is the competing desire of wanting to improve my spanish fluency to an academic level. And then, which Mayan language do I choose (i have it down to 3 or 4 possibles)? Many villages have their own particular dialects as well. How long will it take to learn, and do I really have the time. But how can I really study Maya stuff if I don’t bother to learn their language. I’m glad to see a post by someone facing similar issues.

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]]> By: Zora http://savageminds.org/2009/02/11/learning-an-endangered-language-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-572447 Zora Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:10:25 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1598#comment-572447 Perhaps of interest: I find that I'm not that interested in Tonga these days. I've been doing library/net research on the Sistan basin, an endorheic basin fed by the Helmand River. Layer after layer of history. Poorly known but intriguing prehistory (Shahr-i-sokta), Achmaenids, Macedonians and Greeks, Parthians, Sassanids, Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Turks, Persians again, and these days, a mix of a provincial Persian culture (Sistanis), Pashtuns, and Baluchis. If I were to read all the possibly applicable historical literature, I'd have to learn several kinds of Persian, Classical Greek, Arabic, and Turkic. Present day research, Sistani, Pashto, and Baluchi, plus some French and Italian, IIRC, for the sparse archaelogical research. I also need to know about Zoroastrianism and Islam. More than one person could do in a lifetime. Glorious! The only relevant languages I possess are French and some long-forgotten classical Greek, and I don't have the time/money/energy/lifespan to learn more. I wish the learn-a-language-in-one-download brain mods of science fiction were real. Perhaps of interest: I find that I’m not that interested in Tonga these days. I’ve been doing library/net research on the Sistan basin, an endorheic basin fed by the Helmand River. Layer after layer of history. Poorly known but intriguing prehistory (Shahr-i-sokta), Achmaenids, Macedonians and Greeks, Parthians, Sassanids, Arabs, Persians, Mongols, Turks, Persians again, and these days, a mix of a provincial Persian culture (Sistanis), Pashtuns, and Baluchis. If I were to read all the possibly applicable historical literature, I’d have to learn several kinds of Persian, Classical Greek, Arabic, and Turkic. Present day research, Sistani, Pashto, and Baluchi, plus some French and Italian, IIRC, for the sparse archaelogical research. I also need to know about Zoroastrianism and Islam.

More than one person could do in a lifetime. Glorious! The only relevant languages I possess are French and some long-forgotten classical Greek, and I don’t have the time/money/energy/lifespan to learn more. I wish the learn-a-language-in-one-download brain mods of science fiction were real.

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