The Western Armenian Language Testing

Dear Recipient of this e-mail You are invited to become a petitioner For the Defence of the Western Armenian Language i.e. a r e v m d a h a y e r e n Any language is a part of human universal values, comprised in Human Rights. The Western Armenian Language is in danger of speedy extinction. It needs effective defence for the protection of its values as a spoken language. This is a complex and difficult task, which can be efficiently tackled only by a multidimensional approach. Among other fields, the defence should be carried out actively within appropriate international organisations, to which this petition will be addressed. The Attachment to this E-mail gives additional information why this campaign is necessary. If you agree with this objective and the relevant approach, please provide the information requested in the table below and return it toarevmdahayeren@yahoo.com. The privacy of the personal information of the petitioners will be protected and used only for this campaign. Please reply by April 29th, 2011 I join this petition to defend the Western Armenian Language. First and Last Name: Profession: Postal address : Telephone : Place and Date of birth : E-Mail Address : Date of participation : Please facilitate its further dissemination. The core of the arguments and requests With 150,000 speakers and 3 000,000 potential speakers the Western Armenian Language is a non-territorial minority language according to the standards of the Council of Europe (ref. CE, ETS-n148), according to the UNESCO, this language is among the ones in danger of speedy extinction. It is distinctly different from the Eastern Armenian, the official language of the Republic of Armenia. The speakers of the Western Armenian Language are scattered all over the world and this Diaspora is ultimately responsible for its survival as a living language, not the Republic of Armenia. Therefore, as in the case of other minority or regional languages under your protection, we request that : 1. You create a position for an expert in the Western Armenian Language, from the Western Armenian Diaspora, to be included in the present group of experts under your jurisdiction, and 2. establish a channel of communication between the speakers and supporters of the Western Armenian Language and other groups engaged in the protection and the development of other regional or minority languages, 3. At an appropriate time agreeable to you we can suggest names of experts and groups of people who can provide you information to protect the Western Armenian Language. The first group of the petition originators are : Koharig Kevorkian Tatiana Ferahian:< ferahian@spirdernet.com.cy> Ani Trindade: <ortainceyan@gmail.com> Simon Aynedjian <simon.aynedjian@gmail.com> Jirayr H. Dilaver <hermann.dilaveroglu@yahoo.de> Bedros Hadjian <hadjian@ciudad.com.ar> Jean Ipdjian <ipdjian@gmail.com> Hrach Kalsahakian <hrach@emirates.net.ea> Arutun Maranci <artmaranci@yahoo.com> Vartan Ozinian <proedvcatio@yahoo.fr> Souren Sarafyan <souren@sarafyan.com>