I have a question about this, Eric: Mexico is not part of NARALO, so do your observations on Mayan languages still hold up? As far as languages go, we have always had to use the official languages of the countries involved so, in this case, it is English, French and Spanish. I need to hear from others if we now want to push to include other languages. If we do this we will be opening the doors to all kinds of other language groups, too. How about Cantonese? Hindi? There are tons of immigrants in North America that speak other languages, too. D Darlene A. Thompson CAP Administrator N-CAP/Department of Education P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5631 Fax: (867) 979-5610 dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] on behalf of Eric Brunner-Williams [ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:45 AM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Geographic Regions Statement Darlene, I'd like to see a statement that the indigenous character of the Greenland Home Rule government is harmed, if only in theory, by the construction of Greenland as a part of Europe. I'd also like to see a statement that the indigenous character of North America is harmed, if only in theory, buy the construction of North America as limited to the Francophone and Anglophone dominated nation states. For those not looking, some of the largest native language populations in the United States (and the North American Region as ICANN constructs it) are Nahuatl, Mixtex and Zapotec. If the three major Mayan languages, Yucatec, Tzeital and Tzotzil) are counted as "Mayan", it should be counted as well. These are right up there with Cree (counted like "Mayan" as a single language"), or Slavey (same). Eric ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------