LINGUIST List 3.924

Tue 24 Nov 1992

Qs: Basque; Ethnographic Software; Assyrian

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1. , Interests in Basque
2. , Query: Ethnographies software
3. , Assyrian

I am a computer scientist who is interested in materials on Basque written in
English. The materials can come from the general area of linguistics or from
the Natural Language Processing literature of computer science. Any assistance
would be greatly appreciated.
Jon joncm.deakin.oz.AU
Prof. Jon Patrick
Dept Computing & Maths
Deakin University
Geelong
Victoria
Australia

Does anyone know anything about a software program called something
like "Ethnographies"? I'm told it comes from somewhere in Oregon,
and that's all I know. Please reply to me, and I'll report back
to the List if there's interest. -- Margaret Luebs

My friends and I (folkdancers) learned a new dance last week, and we
were told that it was Assyrian. The music included some singing, and
we were very curious about the language. Could anyone out there give
us some information about the following?:

(1) Does the Assyrian language still exist?
(2) If it indeed exists, how many people speak it and in what
 geographical area(s) is it being used?
(3) What language family does it belong to?

Please send an e-mail directly to me. Thanks in advance.

Hiromi Morikawa
Institute of Life Span Studies
University of Kansas
hiromikuhub.cc.ukans.edu