ENDANGERED LANGUAGES OF THE PACIFIC RIM Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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Project Management Office
c/o Osahito MIYAOKA
Faculty of Informatics, Osaka Gakuin University
Kishibe-minami 2-36-1, Suita, Osaka 564-8511
Phone: +81-6-6381-8434, FAX:+81-6-6382-4363
e-mail : elpr@utc.osaka-gu.ac.jp
attn: Setsuko IKUTA

What's New ?

• Price List (updated on October 15, 2004)
• Bibliography (updated on December 14, 2004)
• Publications (updated on January 14, 2005)
  • Retranscribed, checked and translated into French by Charles Weinstein The Chukchi Myths and Folklore Texts Collected by Vladimir Bogoraz. (A2-046), 302pp. with 2 CDs, 2004 December.
  • Naoki OGOSHI and Tooru HAYASI Attitudes to Language Use in a Multi-Cultural Setting: A Report on Questionnaire Surveys of Korean/Japanese and Turkish/German Speakers (B-013), 166pp., 2004 November.
  • Osamu SAKIYAMA and Fubito ENDO eds. Lectures on Endangered Languages: 5 -- From Tokyo and Kyoto Conferences 2002 -- (C-005), 214pp., 2004 June.
• Related Books
  • Shiro Yabu ed. The Hpun Language Endangered in Myanmar, March 2003, Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
• Organization:

Meetings & Conferences

• Symposium on "endangered" languages January 23th (Fri) 2004
  at Gakushi Kaikan (Kanda Hitotsubashi, Tokyo)
• The Fourth International Conference was held from November 23 (Sat.) to 25 (Mon.) 2002, at the KYOTO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HALL.

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• The Third International Conference on Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim was held at Japan Education Center, June 1 (Sat.), 2 (Sun.)2002.

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• Conference on Endangered Languages 2001 was held at KYOTO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HALL, Nov.30(Fri),Dec.1(Sat),2(Sun) 2001.

  Photos (With two additional photos by F.Aguilera. )

• The Third General Meeting was held at Seisen University, June 9 (Sat.)and 10(Sun.), 2001

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• Conference on Endangered Languages was held at KYOTO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HALL, Nov.24(Fri), 25(Sat), 2000.

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	OUTLINE OF RESEARCH
	ORGANIZATION
	RELATED ESSAYS
	RESEARCH UNITS
	A1 South Pacific Rim A2 North Pacific Rim A3 East and Southeast Asia A4 Japan B1 Methods of documenting endangered languages B2 A study of dynamics in language loss and maintenance B3 Digitization of linguistic data and information retrieval for the study of endangered languages

ORGANIZATION

[Project Director]

• Osahito MIYAOKA : Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Osaka Gakuin University
  e-mail : omiyaoka@utc.osaka-gu.ac.jp
  Business Office : elpr@utc.osaka-gu.ac.jp

[Planning, Publications and Public Relations]

• Osamu SAKIYAMA : Professor, School of Human Cultures,University of Shiga Prefecture
  e-mail : sakiyama@shc.usp.ac.jp
• Toshiro TSUMAGARI : Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University
  e-mail : tumagari@let.hokudai.ac.jp
• Makoto MINEGISHI : Associate Professor, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  e-mail : mmine@aa.tufs.ac.jp
• Fubito ENDO : Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Wakayama University
  e-mail : fubito@emily.eco.wakayama-u.ac.jp

[General Management]

• Honore WATANABE : Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kagawa University
  e-mail : honore@ec.kagawa-u.ac.jp
• Fumiko SASAMA : Lecturer, Faculty of Informatics, Osaka Gakuin University
  e-mail : sasamaf@utc.osaka-gu.ac.jp

[International Exchange]

• Tsuyoshi NARA : Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Seisen Women's University
  e-mail : nara@seisen-u.ac.jp

[Information System]

• Masahiro SHOGAITO : Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
  e-mail : shogaito@bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp

[Publication Management]

• Megumi KUREBITO : Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Toyama University
  e-mail : kurebito@hmt.toyama-u.ac.jp
• Hirofumi HORI : Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Shizuoka University
  e-mail : jjhhori@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp

[Assessment]

• Yoneo ISHII : President, Kanda University of International Studies
  

[Unit Leaders]

A1 (South Pacific Rim)

• Norio SHIBATA : Professor, Tenri University
  e-mail : norios@sta.tenri-u.ac.jp

A2 (North Pacific Rim)

• Fubito ENDO : Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Wakayama University
  e-mail : fubito@emily.eco.wakayama-u.ac.jp

A3 (East and Southeast Asia)

• Hiroaki KITANO : Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education
  e-mail : kitano@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp

A4 (Japan)

• Shinji SANADA : Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
  e-mail : SGW00066@nifty.ne.jp

B1 (Methods of documenting endangered languages)

• Tasaku TSUNODA : Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
  e-mail : tsunoda@tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

B2 (A study of dynamics in language loss and maintenance)

• Shigeki KAJI : Professor, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
  e-mail : skaji@aa.tufs.ac.jp

B3 (Digitization of linguistic data and information retrieval for the study of endangered languages)

• Kazuto MATSUMURA : Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
  e-mail : kmatsum@tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

RELATED ESSAYS

• Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim A Japanese Research Project (March 28, 2003) Osahito MIYAOKA

  International Expert Meeting on UNESCO Programme: Safeguarding of the Endangered Languages Paris-Fontenoy, 10-12 March 2003 English version only

• Greeting at the Second International Conference (November 30, 2001) Hinako SAKAMOTO
• Opening Address at the Second International Conference (November 30, 2001) Osahito MIYAOKA
• Language revitalization: revival of Warrungu (Australia) and maintenance of Maori (New Zealand) Tasaku TSUNODA (B1)
• ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: THE CRUMBLING OF THE LINGUISTIC ECOSYSTEM (Revised Version) Osahito MIYAOKA
• Endangered Languages of the Pacific Region Osamu SAKIYAMA