LINGUIST List 4.354

Tue 11 May 1993

Sum: Computer Bulletin Boards for Individual Languages

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Computer Bulletin Boards for Individual Languages

Prepared by Bernard Comrie
Version of 7 May 1993

I apologize for the delay in distributing this summary, in part
the result of checking as many of the entries as possible--though
there are no doubt remaining errors in my listing--in part the
result of other commitments. I am grateful to all respondents to
my request for information. I have restricted this listing to
bulletin boards devoted primarily to the linguistic study of
individual languages and groups of languages (though I have
slipped in a couple of other things that attracted my attention,
in particular lists for language learners). I hope that other
correspondents to LINGUIST will be encouraged to maintain
corresponding lists for branches of linguistics, particular
approaches to linguistics, language teaching, etc.

The usual way of subscribing to a list is to send the following
message to the listserver (not to the address for enquiries):

 SUBSCRIBE <name of list> <your first name> <your last name>

In my listing below, the name of the list is given in
capitals/upper case and in round brackets/parentheses. When you
subscribe, you will receive instructions on how to contribute to
the list, and on how to remove your name from the subscription
list (usually: SIGNOFF <name of list>).

A list of mailing lists available on Internet is available by
anonymous ftp from ftp.nisc.sri.com (192.33.33.32) in the file
/netinfo/ interest-groups. A directory of scholarly electronic
conferences is maintained by Diane K. Kovacs
(dkovacskentvm.bitnet or kentvm.kent.edu) and is available by
sending the message

 get acadlist readme

to one of the following addresses:

 listservkentvm.bitnet
 listservkentvm.kent.edu

The materials you will receive include instructions for getting
more detailed descriptions of particular sets of electronic
conferences (e.g. LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS). Those interested in
contacting speakers of languages (not necessarily linguists)
should also consider contacting the appropriate soc.culture list
(e.g. soc.culture.polish).

Finally, before the listing itself, a request: Is there someone
out there would be interested in helping me to maintain this
list? I am not a good person to do this on my own, as I spend
substantial portions of my time in places where I have limited or
no access to e-mail. If you are interested, please contact me
(comrievm.usc.edu or comrieuscvm.bitnet).

The order in what follows is roughly geographical.

Language(s):
Sign languages (SLLING-L)
Listserver:
listservyalevm.bitnet
listservyalevm.cis.yale.edu
For questions, contact:
Dave.Moskovitzvuw.ac.nz (Dave Moskovitz)

Language(s):
Aboriginal peoples, Languages of (NAT-LANG)
Listserver:
listservtamvm1.bitnet
listservtamvm1.tamu.edu
(NB: last character before period is 'one')
For questions, contact:
gstgnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo)

Language(s):
Irish, Scots, and Manx Gaelic (GAELIC-L) (not restricted to
linguistics; also for learners; contributions in a Gaelic
language preferred)
Listserver:
listservirlearn.bitnet
listservirlearn.ucd.ie
listserv%irlearn.ucd.ieuk.ac.earn-relay
For questions, contact:
mgunnirlearn.ucd.ie (Marion Gunn)
caoimhinsmo.ac.uk (Caoimhi/m O/ Donnai/le, where '/' = acute on
preceding character)
cockburnedieng.enet.dec.com (Craig Cockburn)

Language(s):
Welsh (also Cornish, Breton) (WELSH-L) (not restricted to
linguistics; also for learners)
Listserver:
listservirlearn.bitnet
listservirlearn.ucd.ie
listserv%irlearn.ucd.ieuk.ac.earn-relay
For questions, contact:
eversonirlearn.ucd.ie (Michael Everson)
brionycstr.ed.ac.uk (Briony Williams)

Language(s):
Germanic languages, older (to about 1500) (GERLING-L)
Listserver:
listservuiucvmd.bitnet
For questions, contact:
marchandux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Marchand; NB: 'u x one')
marchanduiucmvd.bitnet
obenausuiucmvd.bitnet (Gerhard Obenaus)
obenausux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Antonsenux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Elmer Antonsen)

Language(s):
Nordic languages (DISC-NORDIC) (not just linguistics)
Listserver:
disc-nordic-requestmail.unet.umn.edu
For questions, contact:
shack001staff.tc.umn.edu (Jole Shackleford; NB: 'zero zero one')
uenjcterra.oscs.montana.edu (Jerome Coffey)

Note also Project Runeberg for archiving Nordic texts;
information from:
aronssonlysator.liu.se

Language(s):
English (WORDS-L) (not just linguistics)
Listserver:
listservuga.bitnet
listservuga.cc.uga.edu
For questions, contact:
maynorRa.MsState.EDU (Natalie Maynor)

Language(s):
American dialects (ADS-L)
Listserver:
listservuga.bitnet
listservuga.cc.uga.edu
For questions, contact:
???

Language(s):
Dutch (NEDER-L)
Listserver:
listservnic.surfnet.nl
For questions, contact:
u216013hnykun11.bitnet (Ben Salemans; last two characters before
period are 'one')

Language(s):
Yiddish (MENDELE) (not just linguistics)
Listserver:
listservyalevm.ycc.yale.edu
listservyalevm.bitnet
For questions, contact:
nmillervax1.trincoll.edu (Norman (Noyekh) Miller; last character
before first period is 'one')

There is also an older Yiddish list, now inactive: MAIL.YIDDISH.
For back issues contact:
davelsuc.on.ca (David Sherman)

Language(s):
Classical Greek and Classical Latin (CLASSICS)
Listserver:
listservuwavm.bitnet
listservuwavm.u.washington.edu
For questions, contact:
lwrightuwavm.bitnet (Linda Wright)
lwrightuwavm.u.washington.edu

Language(s):
Latin and Neo-Latin (LATIN-L)
Listserver:
latin-lpsuvm.psu.edu
latin-lpsuvm.bitnet
For questions, contact:
bcjpsuvm.bitnet
bcjpsuvm.psu.edu

Language(s):
French (CAUSERIE) (any topic, but must be in French)
Listserver:
listservuquebec.bitnet
listservuquebec.ca

Language(s):
French (FROGTALK) (French materials on current affairs for
learners)
Listserver:
listservbitnic.bitnet
For questions, contact:
???

Language(s):
Catalan (CATALA) (not just linguistics)
Listserver:
listservebcesca1.bitnet (NB: last symbol before full stop/period
is 'one')
listservpuigmal.cesca.es
For questions, contact:
catalaebcesca1.bitnet
catalapuigmal.cesca.es

(Older list CATALUNYA is apparently no longer operating.)

Language(s):
Spanish (I-REDES) (Spanish language wide area networks;
contributions in Spanish)
Listserv:
listservutfsm.bitnet
For questions, contact:
hlobosutfsm.bitnet (Hernan Lobos Mitzio)

Language(s):
Italian (LANGIT)
Listserver:
listserviveuncc.bitnet
listserviveuncc.univer.it
For questions, contact:
dolxiiveuncc.bitnet (Roberto Dolci)

Language(s):
Greek (HELLAS) (Modern Greek language and literature)
Listserv:
listservauvm.bitnet
listservauvm.auvm.edu
For questions, contact:
sliolisauvm.bitnet (Spiros Liolis)
kostasbklyn.bitnet (Kostas Piperis)
alexauvm.bitnet (Alexandros Coulombis)

Language(s):
Greek (ELLHNIKA) (Modern Greek linguistics and literature;
typesetting of Ancient Greek)
Listserver:
listservdhdurz1.bitnet (NB: last character before period is
'one')
For questions, contact:
yannisfrcitl81.bitnet (Yannis Haralambous) (NB: 'el eight one')

(See also 'Classical Greek and Classical Latin' above.)

Language(s):
Slavic and East European languages (SEELANGS) (languages and
literatures)
Listserver:
listservcunyvm.bitnet
listservcunyvm.cuny.edu
For questions, contact:
ahrjjcunyvm.bitnet (Alex Rudd)
bigcucunyvm.bitnet (Bill Gruber)
rtwlccunyvm.bitnet (Robert Whittaker)

Language(s):
Russian (RUSSIAN)
Listserver:
listservasuacad.bitnet
listservasuvm.inre.asu.edu
For questions, contact:
ispajwasuvm.inre.asu.edu
ispajwasuacad.bitnet

Language(s):
Turkish, Natural Language Processing (BILDIL)
Listserver:
listservtrmetu.bitnet
For questions, contact:
bildiltrmetu.bitnet

Language(s):
Arabic (ARABIC-L)
Listserver:
mailservbyu.edu
For questions, contact:
belnapkyvax.byu.edu (Kirk Belnap)

Language(s):
Tamil (TAMIL-L) (possibly country rather than language list)
Listserver:
listservdhdurz1.bitnet
For questions, contact:
d87vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Thomas Malten)

Language(s):
Telugu (TELUGU) (possibly country rather than language list;
information incomplete)
Listserver:

For questions, contact:
telugundsuvm1.bitnet (Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma)

Language(s):
Chinese (CHINESE)
Listserver:
chinese-requestkenyon.edu
For questions, contact:
baikenyon.edu (Jianhua Bai)

Language(s):
Chinese (CCNET-L) (devoted to use of Chinese on computers)
Listserver:
listservuga.uga.edu
listservuga.bitnet
For questions, contact:
ccnet-l uga.uga.edu
ccnet-luga.bitnet

Language(s):
Japanese (NIHONGO)
Listserver:
listservcunyvm.bitnet
listservmitvma.bitnet
listservcunyvm.cuny.edu
listservmitvma.mit.edu
For questions, contact:
strazmedia-lab.media.mit.edu (Steve Strassmann)

Language(s):
Swahili (SWAHILI-L) (any topic, but must be in Swahili)
Listserver:
swahili-lmacc.wisc.edu
swahili-lwiscmacc.bitnet
For questions, contact:
kuntzmacc.wisc.edu
kuntzwiscmacc.bitnet (Patricia S. Kuntz)

Language(s):
Iroquoian (IROQUOIS)
Listserver:
listservvm.utcs.utoronto.ca
listservutoronto.bitnet
For questions, contact:
cdyckepas.utoronto.ca (C. Dyck)

Language(s):
Andean (ANDEAN NETWORK) (not just linguistics; information
incomplete)
Listserver:

For questions, contact:
solomonccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tom Solomon)

Language(s):
Constructed languages (CONLANG)
Listserver:
listservdiku.dk
For questions, contact:
conlangdiku.dk

Language(s):
Esperanto (ESPER-L)
Listserver:
listservtrearn.bitnet
listserv%trearn.bitnetcunyvm.cuny.edu
For questions, contact:
esper-ltrearn.bitnet

Language(s):
Esperanto (ESPERANTO)
Listserver:
esperanto-requestrand.org
For questions, contact:
esperantorand.org (Mike Urban)

Language(s):
Lojban (LOJBAN-LIST)
Listserver:
listservcuvmb.cc.columbia.edu
For questions, contact:
lojban-listsnark.thyrsus.com

Language(s):
Tolkien, languages in works of J.R.R. (TOLKLANG)
Listserver:
tolklang-requestdcs.edinburgh.ac.uk
For questions, contact:
tolklangdcs.edinburgh.ac.uk

Language(s):
Klingon (information incomplete)
Listserver:
tlhIngan-Hol-requestvillage.boston.ma.us (I am told this is
case-sensitive)
For questions, contact:
tlhIngan-Holvillage.boston.ma.us (I am told this is
case-sensitive)