> The PALM Network -- the Pacific-Australia Language Maintenance Network
> -- has just formed as a result of the workshop on Language Shift and
> Maintenance in the Asia-Pacific region, held at the Australian
> Linguistic Institute at La Trobe University, Melbourne, on 9 July.
> region without easy access to e-mail.
[...]
> The target region includes Australia, Eastern Indonesia, Papua New
> Guinea, Vanuatu, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and other Pacific nations
> including Hawai'i. It is expected that speakers of indigenous
> languages in the region, linguists working on endangered languages,
> and people involved with educational and language maintenance programs
> will take part, but the network is open to all with an interest,
> including people outside the region.
I am extremely interested, being both a New Zealander and having worked on
Aboriginal language maintenance here in Canada. At present I'm working on
a book and an article which relate to language maintenance. I also work
with people at the Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights who are
interested in Aboriginal language rights.
My address is below; my fax is 1-613-565-9279. I'll be away from Ottawa
until August 8, but will collect E-mail during that period.
-- Mark Fettes | Ech guto malgranda, konstante frapante... 695-B King Edward Ave. | (progresas, ho Dio! - tre lante!) Ottawa, Ontario | - S. Urban Canada K1N 7N9 | (with apologies to L.L. Zamenhof)