Media: Endangered Languages, Time Magazine
| Submitter: |
Suzette Haden Elgin
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| Submitter Email: | ocls@madisoncounty.net |
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June 6, 2002 The June 10, 2002 issue of _Time_, p. 22, has a half page titled "Tongues That Go Out of Style," written by Harriet Barovick. It shows a map of the world, with notes about endangered languages worldwide. For North America it mentions "Pennsylvania German," "most Native American languages," and Gullah; the choices for Europe are Faeroese, Sardinian, and Yiddish. The fact that for Asia the chosen example is Nushu, identified as "perhaps the world's only language just for women," does not inspire confidence; Nushu is not a language, but a writing system. Suzette Haden Elgin </body> |
| Issue Number: | 13.1615 |
| Date Posted: | June 06, 2002 |
