text_combined: qs serrano hualapai crossposting linguist endangeredlanguages l apologies anyone gets two question 1 serrano language san bernardino california united states searching without luck anything regarding serrano people especially serrano language able find remains one speaker serrano left luck far contacting know goes knows b knows c whose aunt last speaker reliable people feel confident speaks serrano sister also spoke serrano died recently live mile san manuel indian reservation people serrano know indian nt know tribe tribal offices woman spoke unaware ever serrano language information far comes anthropology archaeology people linguists working morongo indian reservation cahuilla banning california united states afraid serrano history within next couple years anyone know might find information serrano language people spoke question 2 hypothetical situation last remaining speaker serrano serrano would idiolect personal serrano language suppose able capture knowledge language dies write descriptive grammar used others learn serrano language survived would nt nice things worked way would original idiolect classified language dialect still idiolect serrano would still idiolect since understanding language would likely slightly different would ideolect idiolect question 3 hualapai language peach springs arizona united states soon moving peach springs arizona hualapai indian reservation living three months hualapai language still widely used peach springs still small group people though going intensive crash course hualapai two hours per day every day two native speakers well basic communication people outside learning time end stay hope able communicate others pretty sure wont completely master language short amount time official job setting fixing computer network school also developing computer applications hualapai opposed english language interface like used seeing also working two native speakers produce books written hualapai addition books going try translate publicdomain children classics example _ wonderful wizard oz _ help learning language well providing great stories kids also plan writing journal learning hualapai language adult l2 acquisition study selftaught amateur linguist e read lot pester people questions formal education 10 week course english language acquisition children question interest outside hualapai reservation software books journal books printed need know many copies print e use school extras people new edition hualapai grammar finished old edition 8 1 2 x 11 575 pages nt seen new one yet gone printers yet dictionary making software journal duplicated needed books printed title vii funds government money use school make funding arrangements books sold people outside school anyone interested fyi developed font typing hualapai intended generalpurpose onesize fitsall font intended allow rapid typing hualapai font times typeface currently truetype postsrcipt versions ibmpc compatible computers near future macintosh versions truetype postscript fonts available sil summer institute linguistics couple sites germany offered space ftp computers font ftp sites would appreciated get fonts uploaded post addresses lists font postcardware e free send us postcard hometown usual post summaries answers questions list sufficient interest thanks wading longwinded message chuck coker cjcoker csupomona edu ccoker igc apc org