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Welkim tu Lowlands-L!

Lowlands-L is an automatid whorldwide electronic mail list fo those wee ’o int’restid in thi langwages en’ cultchas o’ thi laalends adjacint tu thi coest o’ thi North Sea en’ uv Baltic Sea (heoreftah “Laalinds”). Lowlands-L use-is Listserv et LINGUIST. Ids ownah is Reinhard (Ron) Hahn.

Click heor ti subscribe, tha’s nee charge fo’ subscripshun.

Thi primiry focis o’ Lowlands-L is urn thi Jormanic langwages en’ thi cult’ril environmints thit developid en’ remain in thi Laalinds (Dutch, Flemish, Zeelen’ic, Frisian, Laalinds Saxon [Laa Jormin], Limburgish) is weel is those thit descendid fram these langwages o’ fram thor predecessas en’ o’ used elseweir (Afrikaans, Laalinds emigré varieties, Laalinds-based pidgins en’ creoles, en’ also English en’ Scots*). Othah langwages en’ thor culturil environmints may be discussed within this context.

* Please note thit “Scots” dis in’t mean thi sayam is “Gaelic” (i.e., thi Celtic langwage o’ thi Scottish Highlinds). Scots is thi originil Jormanic langwage uv thi Scottish Laalinds en’ is closely relatid tee but sep’rit fram English (includin Scottish English).

Thi basic gowls o’ Lowlands-L

• tu facilitate globil communicashun en’ collaborashun amang those wee o’ int’restid in Laalinds langwages, cultchas en’ relatid topics;

• tu promote en’ facilitate resorch en’ teachin uv Laalinds langwages en’ cultchas;

• tu promote thi use uv Laalinds linguistic en’ culturil data in general resorch en’ publicashuns;

• tu support effats tu protect, revive en’ advance endangjad Laalinds langwages o’ langwage varieties;

• tu pay attenshun tu minority Laalinds langwages en’ cultchas, includin those thit o’ bein denied offishil recognshun;

• tu sorve is a forum fo’ explorin’ common en’ divorse featchas uv Laalinds langwages en’ cultchas;

• tu provide opportunities tu enjoy en’ enhance mutual intelligibility amang Laalinds langwages in multilingual exchanges;

• tu strengthen linguistic, culturil en’ social ties amang users uv Laalinds langwages, thor descendints en’ thor friends.

Listserv instrucshuns shud be consultid in cases uv problems. Thi ownahs shud be contactid anly if aal othah measures fail. Specific questions sent tu Listserv will be ignored.

Etiquette

• Aal exchanges must be in a courteous en’ friendly tone;

• Porsonal communicashun shud be conductid privately;

• Participints may annoonce availability uv portinint publicashuns, software, conferences, programs or employmint, but nee commercil advertisin is pormitted.

• Results uv sorches conductid threw Lowlands-L shud be posted in sum’rie form wi’ acknowledgemint uv aal contribushuns.

• Theor is free choice of langwage in Lowlands-L postins, but thi followin langwage varieties o’ pruhforred: Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, Zeelendic, Limburgish, Frisian (eny variety), Laalinds Saxon, English en’ Scots.

• Click heor fo’ Rules en’ Guidelines.

• Disclaimer (in English)

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Author: Glenn Simpson