References:

Disclaimer: All these links have been tested prior to publication.  If any of them stop working over time, we apologize in advance.

What is Language?
Illustrations are original artwork by team member Ron.
Story is an original scenario by team member Hannah.

Language Timeline
“Ancient Greek Language.” Encyclopædia Britannica 2009.  Accessed 13 Feb. 2009. <http://www.britannica.com/‌EBchecked/‌topic/‌23289/‌Ancient-Greek-language>
“Esperanto”.  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia .  Accessed 13 Feb. 2009.       <http://www.answers.com/topic/esperanto>
Galambos, Imre. “Origins of Chinese Writing.” Logoi.com. 2000. Accessed 13 Feb. 2009. <http://www.logoi.com/‌notes/‌chinese_origins.html>
GREY, D S. “Pre-History Timeline.” Language in Use. 2008. Cambridge, UK.  31 Jan. 2009 <http://www.putlearningfirst.com/‌language/‌01origin/‌prehist.html>
Microsoft® Student 2007 [DVD]. . CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2006. Accessed 13 Feb. 2009.
Schwab, Robert. “History of the English Language.” BobSchwab.com. 2003. Hanyang University.  Accessed 13 Feb. 2009.  <http://www.bobschwab.com/‌p_p__pre-old_emglish_files/‌frame.htm>
“The Written Language: Different Types of Writing.” The Ancient Egypt Site. .  Accessed 13  Feb. 2009.   <http://www.ancient-egypt.org/‌index.html>
Drawings:  Original drawings by team member Ron.
Greek panel says, “I love doing stuff for Thinkquest”

Beginning Codes of Language
Gascoigne, Bamber. "History of Language". Historyworld.net. Accessed 03 February 2009. <http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab13>
Hitchcock, Don. "Cave Paintings and Sculptures." Don's Maps. 2008. Don's Maps. Accessed 16 February 2009. <http://www.donsmaps.com/cavepaintings.html>
Johnson, Paul. "Cave Paintings." The Artchive. Art: A New History. Accessed 16 Feb 2009.  <http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cave.html>
"The History of Hieroglyphics". ancient-egypt-online.com. Accessed 16 Feb 2009. <http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/history-of-hieroglyphics.html>
Picture References:
Burkitt, M.. "The Old Stone Age." Don's Maps. 1955. Breuil. Accessed 03 Feb 2009.  <http://www.donsmaps.com/images/bison2.jpg>.
Ancient-egypt.org, "Hieroglyphic". ancient-egypt.org. Accessed 03 Feb 2009. <http://www.ancient-egypt.org/language/writing/cusrive_sample.jpg>.

Historical Importance of Egyptian, Greek and Latin
“History and Overview”.  Language Studio.  Accessed 04 February 2009.
<http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Latin/Latin.html>
“The Rosetta Stone”. The British Museum. Accessed 04 February 2009.
<http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone. aspx>
“Greek Language”. Encyclopedia Brittanica. Accessed 04 February 2009.
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/244595/Greek-language/74650/Ancient-Greek#ref=ref603471>

Culture vs. Language
Stafford, Amy. "The Whorf Hypothesis Examined." EMuseum @ Minnesota State University. Minnesota State University. Accessed 9 Mar 2009. <http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/language/whorf.html>
Swoyer, Chris. "The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2003.  Accessed 9 Mar 2009.  <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/supplement2.html>

Customs and Traditions Affect Languages
British Museum, "Story: The Rosetta Stone." Ancient Egypt. 1999. ancientegypt.co.uk. Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html>
Campbell, Anthony. "Religion and Language." Anthony Campbell. 2008. acampbell.org.uk. Accessed 05 February 2009.  <http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/essays/skeptic/language.html>
Carolyn, Kellogg. "A Peek at a 15th Century Scroll of the Koran." Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 13 Nov 2008. latimesblogs.latimes.com. Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/a-peek-at-a-15t.html>
Pennycook, Alastair. "The Modern Mission: The Language Effects of Christianity." Informaworld.com. 2009. informaworld.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785040765~db=all>
Picture References:
Deepchi. “Koran”.  Flickr.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepchi/3314678699/>
Xjyxjy.  “02aug BM rosetta stone”. Flickr.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy/404861282 >
Pictures used under the Creative Commons License.  To view, click on this link. <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en>

Expressing Values and Beliefs
British Museum, "Story: The Rosetta Stone." Ancient Egypt. 1999. ancientegypt.co.uk. Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html>
Campbell, Anthony. "Religion and Language." Anthony Campbell. 2008. acampbell.org.uk. Accessed 05 February 2009.   <http://www.acampbell.ukfsn.org/essays/skeptic/language.html>
Carolyn, Kellogg. "A Peek at a 15th Century Scroll of the Koran." Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 13 Nov 2008. latimesblogs.latimes.com. Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/11/a-peek-at-a-15t.html>
Pennycook, Alastair. "The Modern Mission: The Language Effects of Christianity." Informaworld.com. 2009. informaworld.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009.  <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785040765~db=all>
Picture References:
Deepchi. “Koran”.  Flickr.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepchi/3314678699/>
Xjyxjy.  “02aug BM rosetta stone”. Flickr.com.  Accessed 05 February 2009.  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjy/404861282 >
Pictures used under the Creative Commons License.  To view, click on this link. <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en>

Colonization’s effect on India
Macaulay, Lord Thomas. “Address to Parliament 1835”.  Accessed January 15, 2009.
<http://sanesociety.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/lord-macaulays-address-to-the-british-parliament/ >
Kelly, Gail P. and Philip G. Altbach, Colonial Education. Accessed January 15, 2009.
<http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Education.html > 
Photograph: “Lord Maculay”. Wikipedia Commons. Accessed January 15, 2009. <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Thomas_Babington_Macaulay%2C_1st_Baron_Macaulay_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg.>
Used under the common commons license. From the Gutenberg Project.

African Language Loss from Many Border Changes
"African languages." Britannica Student Library. Encyclopædia Britannica 2007.  Ultimate Reference Suite . Accessed 11 March 2009.
Asante, Molefi K. and  Abu Shardow Abarry. “African Intellectual Heritage”. Google
Books.  Accessed 11 March 2009.  <http://books.google.com/books?id=AxXE65flKPwC&pg=PA92&dq=(b)%09Book+named+%E2%80%9CAfrican+Intellectual+Heritage%E2%80%9D+By+Molefi+K.+Asante,      Abu+Shardow+Abarry.&ei=xNa3SeO_NIPKkQTWyPj8Bg>
Creole(Language). encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia. Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761595263/Creole_(language).html>
“French colonisation 'genocide”. News 24.com.  Accessed 11 March 2009.
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1917897,00.html>
Kent, John. "Decolonization." Microsoft Encarta 2006 [CD]. Microsoft Corporation, 2005.  Accessed 11 March 2009.
Maho, Jouni .  WEB RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN LANGUAGES.  Accessed 11 March 2009.  <http://www.africanlanguages.org>
"African languages." Britannica Student Library. Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate      Reference Suite . Accessed 11 March 2009.
Nosotro, Rit.  “Europe's Colonization of Africa”.  Hyperhistory.net. Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://www.hyerhistory.net/apwh/essays/comp/cw25colonizationafrica.htm>
Shah,  Anup. “Conflicts in Africa—Introduction”. Global Issues. Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/84/conflicts-in-africa-introduction>
Map:“Colonial Africa in 1914”.  Wikipedia Commons. Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ColonialAfrica_1914.png>
Used under Wikipedia’s creative commons license. <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html>

Language Loss:  The Problem
"A Language Dies Every Two Weeks, Researchers Say." World Science. Sep 18 2007.
Associated Press. Accessed 10 Mar 2009.  <http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070917_languages.htm>
Kuntz, Lucia. "Editorial." The UNESCO Courier 2009-Number 226 Feb 2009. Accessed 10   March 2009.  <http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44603&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
Lovgren, Stefan. "Languages Racing to Extinction in 5 Global "Hotspots" ." National   Geographic News. 18 Sep 2007. Accessed 10 Mar 2009. <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070918-languages-extinct.html>
Mufwene, Salikoko. "Languages Don't Kill Languages; Speakers Do." University of Chicago     Magazine 93.2Dec 2000. Accessed 10 Mar 2009.  <http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0012/features/mufwene.html>
"The Culture of Guam." The Guam Website. Accessed 10 Mar 2009.   <http://ns.gov.gu/culture.html>
Sharer, Rolf, Moderator.  European Center for Modern Languages. 17-18 November 2000. Accessed 10 Mar 2009. <http://www.ecml.at/documents/210E_inauguration_final.pdf>
Picture Credits:
Publik16. “School attendance and welfare: another blow to human rights”. Flickr.com. 18 January 2008. Accessed 10 Mar 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/publik16/2823523006>
Picture used under the Creative Commons License:  To view see below.
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en>

Poem—Ballad for a Bedridden Lady. This is an original poem written for this site by team member Abhiram.

The Linguists
Allis, Sam. “'Linguists' explore a world of words”. The Boston Globe, February 26, 2009.
Accessed  06 March 2009. <http://ironboundfilms.com/news/bostonglobe022609.html>
Anderson, Gregory and K. David Harrison .“The Liguists”. Accessed  06 March 2009. <http://www.thelinguists.com>
Walker, Ruth. “The Linguists: Raiders of the Lost Tongues.” The Christian Science Monitor. Accessed  06 March 2009.  <http://ironboundfilms.com/news/christiansm022709.html>

Globalization-Government Action
“Colombian Government Tries to Preserve Native Languages.” ColombianReports.com. 20 May 2008.  Accessed 19 March 2009. <http://www.colombiareports.com/‌colombian-news/‌        culture>
First Peoples’ Council. “About Us.” FPHLCC.ca. 2009.  Accessed 19 Mar. 2009.   <http://www.fphlcc.ca/‌about-us>.
Hotz, Robert Lee. “Linguistic Potpourri.” Los Angeles Times Winter 2000. Accessed 19 Mar. 2009.  <http://www.yourdictionary.com/‌library/‌article004.html>
Native American Languages Act. Pub. L. 101 - 477. 30 Oct. 1990. Our World. CompuServe.   Accessed 19 Mar. 2009.<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/‌homepages/‌jWCRAWFORD/‌ nala.htm >
Picture reference:  Jungle_Boy. “Tayrona Indians”. 16 June 2006.  Accessed 19 Mar. 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_boy/168304687>
Picture used under the Creative Commons License:  To view see below.
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en>

Global Awareness-Language Retention
“Language Preservation. portal.unesco.org. Accessed16 March 2009. <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=11171&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html16 March. 2009>
Ethnologue. ethnologue.com. Accessed16 March 2009. < http://www.ethnologue.com>
“Aims”. Foundation for Endangered Languages. ogmios.org. Accessed 16 March. 2009. <http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm >
Photograph Source:
United Nations Photo. “United Nations Telecommunications Satellite Dish”. 26 February 2009. Flickr.com. Accessed16 March 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/bk/1359918461>
Picture used under the Creative Commons License:  To view see below.
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en>

Potawatomi Language Education
Hill, Dawn. Telephone interview by team member Hannah. 02 March 2009.
"Revitalization." Potawatomi Language. 2009. Hannahville Potawatomi Indian Community. Accessed 07 Mar 2009 . <http://www.potawatomilanguage.org/revitalization.php>
Photograph used with permission of Dawn DeVere Hill. Potawatomi Language Students.yay

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“An Explanation of l33t Speak”. bbc.co.uk. Created 16 August 2002.  Accessed18 Mar 2009. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A787917>
Dano. “Leet Speak”. The Urban Dictionary. urbandictionary.com. 17 October 2003. Accessed18 Mar 2009. <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=leet+speak>
Picture Source:
Kamshots. “Pavement Texting”. 31 May 2007.  Flickr.com. Accessed18 Mar 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamshots/523413820>
Picture used under the Creative Commons License:  To view see below.
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en>

Created Languages
"American Sign Language." National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Feb 2000. NIDCD.  Accessed 12 Mar 2009. <http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/asl.htm>Lindstedt, Jouko. "Native Esperanto as a Test Case for Natural Language." University of  Helsinki. Accessed 11 Mar 2009.   <http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/julkaisut/SKY2006_1/1FK60.1.5.LINDSTEDT.pdf>. Raymond G., Jr., Gordon. "Esperanto." Ethnologue. 2005. Accessed 11 March 2009.        <http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=epo>.
"What is Esperanto?." Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo. TEJO. Accessed 11 Mar 2009. <http://www.tejo.org/info/pri_esperanto.php?lingvo=en>.

Unique Codes of Language
"The Codex Nuttall". Chapala.com. Accessed11March 2009. <http://www.chapala.com/chapala/magnifecentmexico/codexnuttall/codexnuttall.html>
Gascoigne, Bamber. "History of Language". Historyworld.net. Accessed11March 2009.  <http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab13>
“Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet.” Naval History and Heritage Command. 12 Aug. 1997. Navy & Marine Corps WWII Commemorative Committee.  Accessed 11 March 2009.  <http://www.history.navy.mil/‌faqs/‌faq61-2.htm>
“Who are the Code Talkers?” Navajo Code Talkers. 2004.  Accessed11March 2009. <http://www.navajocodetalkers.org/>
Picture Sources: 8 Deer Tiger Claw. “File:Oaxaca ocho venado.png” Wikipedia.org.  Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oaxaca_ocho_venado.png>
Used under the Wikipedia commons agreement. See below to view.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License>
“Navajo Code Talkers.” A3 - WWII History. Accessed 11 March 2009. <http://wwiihistory-a3.blogspot.com/‌2009/‌02/‌navajo-code-talkers.html>

A Mother Tongue Was I. This is an original poem written for this site by team member Abhiram.

Interviews. Team member Telisha interviewed Mr. Greg Wilson, Director of the Aboriginal
      Language Program in South Australia.  It was filmed by our friend Emanuel, as a courtesy to the team.

Site References:
Flash site template obtained from Monster Templates. <http://www.templatemonster.com>
Html site made by team member David.
Original Music composed by Team Member David.
The Flash Game was made by team member Charlotte. She needed some additional instruction from teacher Don McIntyre.
Picture 1 for the Flash Game. Nofrills. “One world: much more than two languages”. Flickr.com.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/204705741/>
Picture used under the Creative Commons License:  To view see below.
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en>
Picture 2 for the Flash Game. Wikimedia Commons. Accessed 31 March 2009.
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Ebla_clay_tablet.jpg/>
Used under the common commons license. From the Gutenberg Project.