LINGUIST List 16.289

Mon Jan 31 2005

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Message 1: Featured Article at Wikipedia

Date: 30-Jan-2005
From: Mike Maxwell <maxwell

ldc.upenn.edu>
Subject: Featured Article at Wikipedia

The featured article for 30 Jan 2005 at the Wikipedia is about the Laal
language of Chad. The front page is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

It mentions that the language is unclassified and endangered. The full article
is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laal_language

It includes a brief sketch of the phonology and grammar.

While other feature articles at Wikipedia have been about language, I
believe this is the first time an endangered language was the topic (not
counting Latin!).

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
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