Talk:Sirenik language
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then someone needs to "interview" this elderly person QUICK!
Gringo300 02:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
That's the truth of the day. It would be a shame if this language would be completely forgotten because the last speaker passes away. Jonas Liljeström 18:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ...so is the last speaker dead or not?
User:Redking7 edited the article to indicate that he is (his only edit in all of Wikipedia). Is this accurate? Yupik language still indicates that there is a living speaker. Either way, one of the articles needs to be updated. -Elmer Clark 23:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A standalone branch of …
of Eskimo-Aleut, or of Eskimo?
| “ | It is a remnant of a third group of Eskimo-Aleut languages, in addition to Aleut and Eskimo groups | ” |
Sources like [1] and [2] (see e.g. the genealogical tree) write a similar statement, but “one node lower” on the tree: Sirenik is a third branch inside the Eskimo (thus, is on the same level as Yupik and Inuit).
If nobody objects, then I shall correct the quoted sentence to the following one:
| “ | It is a remnant of a third group of Eskimo languages, in addition to Yupik and Inuit groups. | ” |
Physis 16:57, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I have done the modification, because no objection has come since then, and also two referenced sources
- an article in comparative linguistics) [3]
- and the annotation for a recently published book on Sireniki Eskimo language [4]
supports the modification. Physis 02:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Support for Siberian Indigenous Peoples Rights (Поддержка прав коренных народов Сибири) -- see the section on Eskimos
- ^ Alaska Native Language Center
- ^ Lawrence Kaplan: Comparative Yupik and Inuit (found on the site of Alaska Native Language Center)
- ^ Linguist List's description about Nikolai Vakhtin's book: The Old Sirinek Language: Texts, Lexicon, Grammatical Notes
