Re: Shubnani, anyone?

Quoting Josh Brandt-Young <vionau@...>:

> Hello, all...
>
> Have any of you ever heard of a language called "Shubnani?" Someone in my
> Turkish class is a native speaker of it, but I've certainly never read
> anything about it, and she tells me it's not a written language. It's
> apparently spoken in the mountains of Tajikistan.
    Whenever there's trouble, the Ethnologue is there on the double!
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Tajikistan lists a certain
"Shughni", which seems likely. Check out
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SGH for more information on it.

> On a connected topic, are there any Swadesh lists floating around the
> internet that you'd particularly recommend?
    Hmm...this is probably something that should go in the FAQ:
http://my.execpc.com/~wsannis/swadesh.txt
    Another word basic list can be found at http://www.trussel.com/kir/tip.htm,
which gives about 500 "basic" words in Nauruan.
    :Peter