<h2 class="entry-title"><a class="entry-title-link" target="_blank" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/blogspot/MKuf/%7E3/FpitgyejoGw/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html">The Endangered Languages Project: Supporting language preservation through technology and collaboration</a><span class="entry-icons-placeholder"></span></h2>
<div class="entry-author"><span class="entry-source-title-parent">from <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fgoogleblog.blogspot.com%2Fatom.xml?hl=en&at=N2uOWR6WpU-QAZAqNvKPOg" class="entry-source-title" target="_blank">The Official Google Blog</a></span> <span class="entry-author-parent">by <span class="entry-author-name">A Googler<br>
<br></span></span></div>The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1924">Miami-Illinois language</a>
 was considered by some to be extinct.  Once spoken by Native American 
communities throughout what’s now the American Midwest, its last fluent 
speakers died in the 1960s. Decades later, Daryl Baldwin, a citizen of 
the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, began teaching himself the language from 
historical manuscripts and now works with the Miami University in Ohio 
to continue the work of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myaamiaproject.com/">revitalizing the language</a>,
 publishing stories, audio files and other educational materials. Miami 
children are once again learning the language and—even more 
inspiring—teaching it to each other.<br><br>Access full blog post below:<br><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html#!/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html#!/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html</a><br>