Re: Obscure languages

Quoting joe <josephhill@...>:

> This is off topic, but is there any way I could get taught an obscure
> language tike Ket(siberia) or Aije(new caledonia)?
Do you want those particular languages, or just an obscure
language? It's not that hard to find grammars of "obscure"
languages, if you have ready access to the library of a
local university.  Most large universities have *some*
grammars available, but it's also possible to find them in
some (better than average) used bookstores. Like, just the
other day I picked up a grammar of Central Siberian Yupik
at the bookstore, and neglected to buy grammars on at least
two other native languages that I saw there.  Another option
is to do some research about where the language you want is
taught, specifically by whom.  The University of Chicago's
Amy Dahlstrom teaches Fox every once in a while, Howard
Aronson teaches Georgian (which I'm taking now). At UT,
Anthony Woodbury could probably teach you Central Alaskan
Yup'ik, which IIRC was the language on which he did his
dissertation work.  The number of people that can teach you
such languages is not huge, but they're there in sufficient
numbers to allow you to find something you're interested in.

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