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

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:03:10 -0400, Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:

>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
Audio-Forum (http://www.audioforum.com/) has quite a selection of foreign
language cassettes, including some Native American languages. You can also
hear Lakota spoken in the movie _Dances with Wolves_.

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