Good Friends,
Greetings from Lima.
The big news for us this past month was the birth of our first grandchildren. They are both home, so Elisa has released a photo. Since Lucas stayed for a week in the hospital being monitored, Elisa didn¹t want a picture of him with an IV in his head. Plus, they are twins.
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Lima. Summer is hanging on, although we’ve had some cool, cloudy days.
I thought I’d report on the Linguistics conference in Albuquerque that I mentioned last month. The main thing I noticed is the big difference between minority languages in the US and Canada and those in Latin America. Most of the speakers of North American Indian languages who gave papers were among the last 100- usually the last 10 speakers of their native languages. They were all also perfectly fluent in English.
