<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML DIR=ltr><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></HEAD><BODY><DIV><FONT face='Arial' color=#000000 size=2>Dear List Members;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to ask if anyone knows of any recordings
of Tai languages,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>especially Tai Yuan [Lanna] and Tai
Lue,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>either formal language lesson type recording
or informal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Purnell's 1962 "A Colourful Colloquial" for Chiang Mai dialect</DIV>
<DIV>comes immediately to mind. Was there ever a tape made for this </DIV>
<DIV>book?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The main reason for audio, being to prevent the
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>fossilization of bad tone </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>habits in speech, often associated with
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>self-learners who focus on reading </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>texts. (like myself)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also cheap MP3 music players provide the
opportunity to put audio</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>before text in self-taught language learning
nowadays.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been planning to record informal
sentences in Tai Yuan [Chiang Rai] and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tai Lue, since these are the languages used
around my home </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in Chiang Rai and Mae Sai, </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>and cobble them together </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>into a little informal podcast to publish on
the web.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought I'd inquire what was out there already
first.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon Fernquest</FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bangkok Post, Education</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.readbangkokpost.com/businesswords/">http://www.readbangkokpost.com/businesswords/</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>