24.1207, Media: Endangered Languages Project Article in Language Magazine

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Subject: 24.1207, Media: Endangered Languages Project Article in Language Magazine

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:22:08
From: Anna Belew [anna at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Endangered Languages Project Article in Language Magazine

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An article in the new issue of Language magazine outlines the organizations
and collaborations behind the Endangered Languages Project, including the
LINGUIST List:

'In what might seem an unlikely partnership, a team comprised of leading
linguists, representatives of Indigenous language communities and Google have
created an online platform for sharing information on the world’s most at-risk
languages. Endangeredlanguages.com launched in June of 2012, complete with
more than 3,000 unique pages for languages deemed to be at risk of
disappearing. The Endangered Languages Project is the result of an intense
collaboration between three groups who wouldn’t normally work so closely
together, and although the approach is not without challenges, it just might
break new ground in the arena of language learning and revitalization.

[...] With Google involved, the Aristars and Campbell could be confident that
the Endangered Languages Catalogue (ELCat) could find its home online and
reach a global audience. The ELCat Project would eventually form the
foundation of the website, giving each language its unique page, accessible
via a Google-powered map that would act as the nexus of a web of data, images,
videos, and information.'

Full story: http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=5932
 


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