Re: CHAT: Lg prefs (was: Re: Blandness)

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Marcus Smith wrote:

> At 4/5/01 09:37 AM -0600, you wrote:
> >Regarding language preferences. You all don't know what you're
> >missing by not having heard clean, crisp Comanche or the soft
> >gentle murmur of Shoshoni. Absolutely delightful. Get out of
> >Europe and explore the world!
[snip]
I'm betting you're right...but it is far, *far* easier to find tapes and
recordings of the European languages (and also the better known Asian
ones).  Cornell's foreign language/self-teach book section at the Campus
Store is maybe 80% languages-spoken-in-Europe, some Asian languages,
Swahili and Indian...and not a single Amerind language.  And even in the
language departments, there are a lot more people teaching things like
Sanskrit or Welsh or Turkish or Serbo-Croatian or Vietnamese...I don't
remember seeing a single Amerind language listed, though if there's only
a few I might've missed 'em.  :-(

YHL

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