LINGUIST List 12.2455

Thu Oct 4 2001

Media: BBC/Berber, BBC/"Mysteries of Speech"

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Dick Hudson, Media: Berber
2. Peter Hendriks, BBC news/"Scientists unlock mysteries of speech"

Dear Linguist,

A bit of good news for those concerned with language rights at 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1578000/1578504.stm

It says that the Algerian government has officially recognised Berber
(Tamazight).
Dick

Richard (= Dick) Hudson

Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London, 
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/home.htm

Dear Linguists,

An article entitled'Scientists unlock mysteries of speech'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1575000/1575471.stm
may be of interest.

Peter Hendriks