Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g3Q1A7u23895; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:10:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:10:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <001001c1eca0$32aff780$1f8fe10c@attbi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "C Lindsley" <clindsley@attbi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1017] Cora Indian language resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; Status: O Content-Length: 3278 Lines: 82 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1EC65.861723C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here's a good one. I just spent about an hour online searching and = didn't come up with much. Is anyone serving Cora Indians (from Mexico) in their classes? I just = visited a program where two families are Cora. They don't speak English = and speak a very tiny little bit of Spanish. I have sent e-mails to Mexican consulate and to Linguistics dept at = University of Oregon. Ask.com preoduced a little bit of info. It's really interesting. I did learn that only 8000 speakers of this = language remain. And they're from the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. = Until recently a very isolated people so their culture remained intact. Does anyone have any interpreter/translation resources or -- what would = be great--- a dictionary. Ideas? If we wanted to broaden this topic, I guess it would be, how can we = communicate with language minority parents in family literacy to explain = to them what we're doing and can do with them. Cathy Lindsley Even Start coordinator in Oregon ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1EC65.861723C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here's a good one. I just spent about = an hour=20 online searching and didn't come up with much.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is anyone serving Cora Indians (from = Mexico) in=20 their classes? I just visited a program where two families are Cora. = They don't=20 speak English and speak a very tiny little bit of Spanish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have sent e-mails to Mexican = consulate and to=20 Linguistics dept at University of Oregon. Ask.com preoduced a little bit = of=20 info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It's really interesting. I did learn = that only 8000=20 speakers of this language remain. And they're from the Sierra Madre = mountains of=20 Mexico. Until recently a very isolated people so their culture remained=20 intact.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does anyone have any = interpreter/translation=20 resources or -- what would be great--- a dictionary.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ideas?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If we wanted to broaden this topic, I = guess it=20 would be, how can we communicate with language minority parents in = family=20 literacy to explain to them what we're doing and can do with = them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cathy Lindsley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Even Start coordinator in=20 Oregon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C1EC65.861723C0--
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