threatened sudan languages ii threatened sudan languages response roger blench cambridge would like thank many people responded posting threatened languages kordofan seems large unsatisfied need work real speakers situ encouraging individuals often feel marooned arid wastes theory attempting set direct email address expressed interest attempt sort answer queries detailed information soon possible append reflections occasioned response ignore 1 countries mailed one major nation absolutely response england disappointing surprising always suspected anthropology field linguistics england closely bound empire empire gone inwardlooking become rule anthropology largely discard seminar rooms awash postmodernist chitchat linguistics seems bent disappearing theoretical orifices 2 evident desire go work informants context order actually assist communities opposed parade taxidriver informants provided much african language material last years especially north america makes one ask field linguistics low prestige making dictionaries preparation reference grammars barely acceptable activity measured difficulty getting published 3 posted message sudan every african country threatened languages require immediate attention work language atlas nigeria finally published recently made aware least 50 languages nigeria close extinction example easier hold conferences make committees threatened languages actually pay somebody go basic work thank encouraging response roger blench