---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 27 Feb 2000 New in IGCS - Language: Linguasphere Ed./Corp.: Linguasphere Observatory, Wales, UK URL: http://www.linguasphere.org/ Language: English. Self description: "The Linguasphere Observatory is a research network devoted to the classification of the world's languages and dialects. [...] The purpose of the website is not only to provide a free information-service, but also to provide a forum for the gathering and collation of new and revised data on the world's languages and dialects." Description: The Extracts section displays extracts from the Linguasphere Register of the World's Languages and Speech Communities, including a PDF file on the Sino-Indian phylosector with emphasis on Yue/Cantonese. Site contents: Concept; World Language Register; Linguasphere Observatory; What is a Language?; Languages of the World; A Multilingual World; Getting Involved; Bookshelf; Resource Databases; Newspage; Mapbase; Links; Download Extracts. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L