For April 20

Read the entry in the Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages for the language that you will be working on for your group assignment #2. (The project itself is due on 27 April.)

The language must be within one of the following six language families: Eskimo-Aleut, Algic, Uto-Aztecan, Siouan-Catawba, Salishan, and Iroquoian. The languages that we already covered in class on 13 April, and which you may not choose for your group projects, are as follows:

  • Eskimo-Aleut: Sirenikski, Copper Island Aleut Creole
  • Algic: Sauk-Fox (Mesquakie), Miami-Illinois
  • Uto-Aztecan: Hopi, CupeƱo
  • Siouan-Catawba: Crow, Kansa
  • Salishan: Bella Coola, Nooksack
  • Iroquoian: Cayuga, Nottoway

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