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Show By Lynn Johnston For Better or For Worse A ITS LRIoreKce. CONMiE'.COMElM! e MoM,-TFtHV'r- Here! The re yoo LOOK fteSOLUT&L FREOLOOSi VbUK HRIR I CRhl'T BELIEVE ITS yoo! Here J r Brr is shorter, you1 y00 1 V.nk OH, Euty you HAVEN'T UDSTWEIQHT! The Salt Lake Tribune, ! j Indian Languages Number in Hundreds 'OORSER Andy sends the Star Wars Question and Answer Book About Space" to Bui Goi man, 15, Henderson, Nev., tor his question. ARE THERE MANY AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES? Although the precise number of American Indian languages is unknown, it is estimated that there are about 200 distinct languages still spoken in North America, north of Mexico. Perhaps 300 to 400 more were spoken at the time of first European contact. In Mexico and Central America about 350 Indian languages are By Saunders and Ernst known. South America has been the least By Leonard Annie 1 Ak Amh CHfMoEP umioERRS Mary Worth B1 26, l')85 ThursdasJIlereniber studied, linguistically. About 450 Indian languages are in use today; information survives for 120 extinct languages and another 1,500 to 2,000 languages are mentioned in documents. For the number of past and present speakers of these languages, only rough estimates can be given. It is believed that when Europeans arrived in the Americas, about 1 5 million people spoke Indian languages in North America. This figure is down to about 200,000 today. There were about 5 million in Mexico and Central America (up to about 6 million today) and about 10 million to 20 million in South America (about 11 million to 12 million today). In present-da- y North America the indigenous language with the most speakers are Navajo (about 80.000) Ojibwa (about 40.000) and Inupiaq. has more than 60,000 speakers and its Greenlandic variety serves as a national language. In Mexico and Central America. Nahuatl or Aztec is spoken by more than 1 million people, the various Mayan languages by about 2 million and a number of other languages by several hundred thousand each. Starr that the original population of the Americas came from Asia via the Bering Strait, the great linguistic diversity of American languages suggests that the New World may have been populated by multiple migrations Nevertheless, with the possible ex ception of the E.xkimo-Aleu- t family no Amencan-languaggroup has been shown to have any connection to any Asian language most widely used ol all American Indian tongues today. North American languages alone form roughly 60 different language families, with no demonstrable generic relationships among them. Mexico and Central America have 19 different families and South America has perhaps HU. Indian and European colonial languages have borrowed words from one another Indian languages principally from Dutch (in the Antilles), English, Spanish. 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Slightly more than 800 veterans were certified for employment, and another 60 have been recertified, said Goren on Todays Brill w Hand O j By C. East-Wes- t WEST vulnerable. West deals. NORTH A7 S? AK 107654 0 K5 106 EAST 642 OS 72 7Q983 0 0 J 97643 532 10 KQ9874 SOUTH j 0 AQ82 AJ These days, almost as much stress TALKED INTO MAKING IT is laid upon disrupting the enemy auction as on constructive bidding. However, when your plans to bamboozle the opponents fall through, you might find that you have told that showed either a genuine no trump overcall or a weak hand with an unknown long suit. West rescued to two diamonds, and North-Soutproceeded to seven spades after an auction that included an asking bid for the queen of hearts and a cue-bishowing the king of diamonds. Here, too, the lead was a club, but the declarer, Hugh Koss of Sausa-lito- , California, knew diamonds were not going to break, and so he did not try to ruff a diamond. Instead, he captured the queen of clubs with the ace and ran all his trumps. East found it impossible to keep his heart guard and the king of clubs. No matter which he discarded on the last trump, the grand slam was home. the enemy more than they need to know about the hand. Consider this deal from the final of the recent World Team Championship held in Sao Paulo, in which the U.S. retained the title it had won in Stock- After d GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) -An Air Life pilot remained in critical condition Wednesday and two nurses were in serious condition from injuries suffered when a medical-rescu- e helicopter crashed after takeoff in Utah, a spokesman at St. Mary's Hospital said. The Air Life helicopter Mike Myers piloted on Christmas Eve had been sent to Monument Valley, Utah, to docpick up a premature infant that tors determined didnt need to go to Colorado, after all. The crash came just after the Air When the Americans held the East-Wes- t cards, they were silent throughout the auction and the Austrian North-Soutpair reached the grand slam in spades. West led a club and declarer took a normal line for his contract. He won the ace, led a diamond to the king and, in an attempt to ruff his diamond loser, continued with a diamond to the ace. East ruffed and cashed a club for down two. In the other room. East entered the auction with a "comic" no trump home. working farm has been restored to what it would have been like about 1800. Attractions include animals and birds. The Salt Lake. muse-umCounty Park is a living history The e u ppli-catio- Participating employers must certify that they intend to hire veterans on a permanent basis, that they guarantee wages and benefits paid to the veteran will be comparable to those normally paid to workers in similar positions and that no employee will be displaced by the veteran. The training programs should generally be no less than six months, Mr. Brockbank said. Employers must offer training in an occupation in a growth industry, an occupation requiring new technical skills or an occupation for which labor demands exceed the supply. liiiiis Maxell ... o,ei ; T-1- 20 videocassette For information about Charles Goren's new newsletter for bridge players, write Goren Bridge Letter, P.O. Box 4426, Orlando, Fla. 32802-442- . Maxell HGX GOLD Victims Remain Hospitalized Denver, said Steve Ward, spokesman at St. Mary's. The craft apparently hit a power pole, he said. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. Tuesday and, by daybreak, the injured trio had been airlifted back to St. Mary's. By midday, all still were undergoing evaluation and tests to determine the extent of their injuries, Ward said. Myers, 37, and nurse Linda Bretey, 25, were in critical condition Wednesday night, and nurse Lisa Gentile, 28, was in serious condition, said Ward. if. i) teacher at Alta High School is the recipient of a national award for contributions to citizenship education. A I mouth-waterin- "One of the activities available is a tour of the farmhouse, quite extravagant for its day, that boasts original paint colors, wood trim, floors and decor," according to the Wheeler Historic Farm staff. Issues, . "Mil A. M . A A A. A. A A. A--A - - 6-pa- i ck v s vmJ "7 SALT LAKE CfTY W Th.il 1 s 99 TCpelr MIPVAIE 48 W 7200 S S. REDWOOO RD. IJUST W. OF STOKES BROS.) (IN PLAZA 5 400 888-02NEXT TO LEATMERBYS) 5400 TAPES VIDEO.. o i doMan (lie Aiouml ijou tonal of, RECORDS s A A. A. A A 90 XL II 'Hi'immiiHM A A. Mi mmi mr Don Ward served as an administrator for Utah high schools that participated in the Close Up government-studie- s program for high school students. The program is sponsored bv ll.J. Reynolds Industries Inc. and allows students from throughout the United States to question members of Congress, journalists and Washington experts about foreign and domestic t, A. (ED Maxell maxell xin Utah Teacher Gets National Award tune when Father Christmas, was a bringer in his black of gifts for good boys and girls; when gifts exchanged were home- - baked breads, pastries and candies. .A - rA0DI0JSrAVINGS 220-mi- "A A A r ir- 1,1 1 t St. Mary's is the largest hospital between Denver and Salt Lake City and serves as a regional center for ratrauma care for about a dius, Ward said. as' - -. n Both Gentile, a neonatal flight practitioner, and Bretey, a neonatal flight nurse, broke their right arms and had possible internal injuries. Ward said. Bretey also appeared to have a neck injury, he said. Wheeler Farm staffers describe rural Salt Lake County 95 years ago long-coa- ZSZT omMii T-1- 20 Myers suffered internal bleeding, a broken rib and arm and scalp cuts, Ward said. Life chopper took off for its return to Wheeler Farms Open House To Feature Tours , Rides Tours, treats and sleigh rides or huyridcs will be part of the Wheeler Historic Farm open house Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at 6351 S. 900 East. Donations of 50 cents a person are requested lor the hayslcigh rides and 50 cents an adult und 25 cents a child for tours and treats at the weeks before they fill out an KlDEOlS'AWGSl 3 Hurt in Southern Utah Accident Copter-Cras- h 20 Goren and Omar Sharif holm in 1983. KQJ 1053 the veterans employment representative at Job Service, 1234 S. Main. He estimates that about 200 more veterans will be hired. An employer can be reimbursed for half the starting wage for training unemployed veterans of the Korean War or Vietnam War eras. If all requirement ire met. the federal government will pay employers 50 percent of the veteran's staring salary, up to $10,000. Although he lacked job placement statistics to compare with other areas. Mr. Brockbank said. I think we have been more successful than other states. To qualify, veterans must have been unemployed for at least 15 of the - - - PLEKT,C"" Hurry while supplies last Sale ends Thursday, lanuarv 2nd, |
