I am looking forward to when Miromaa becomes available. I would be glad to
give it a try for the communities with whom I work with. <br /><br />Phil
Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce)<br />UofA<br /> <br /><br />Quoting phil cash
cash <cashcash@email.arizona.edu>:<br />
<br />
> SharePoint brought in to rescue Aboriginal language<br />
><br />
> 22 Aug 2007 09:28<br />
><br />
> SharePoint and Access used to preserve the Awabakal indigenous dialect
in<br />
> digital form<br />
><br />
> With some Australian Aboriginal languages facing extinction, the
Arwarbukarl<br />
> Cultural Resource Association (ACRA) has adopted Microsoft SharePoint
and<br />
> Access to help its work to preserve one indigenous dialect.<br />
><br />
> Based on Access, ACRA has created its own program, Miromaa meaning
"saved"<br />
> in Awabakal to store data and research into the Awabakal language,
and is<br />
> using SharePoint Server 2007 to share its work with other Aboriginal
groups<br />
> to help the spread and restoration of the language.<br />
><br />
> According to ACRA, the system can help archive "all evidences of
language<br />
> including, text, audio, images and video" as Word documents and<br
/>
> spreadsheets.<br />
><br />
> In the future, ACRA plans to make Miromaa available using a
web-based<br />
> platform to enable other groups to contribute to its research as well
as<br />
> enabling Aboriginal communities to use ACRA's work in their own
language<br />
> studies.<br />
><br />
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