[RNLD] What's missing?

[Ruth Singer]

Hi Piers,

What about the under-utilised Australian languages list? And the ALS
newsletter and website?

The entries for Australian languages in wikipedia need a lot of work - I'm
sure people would find it useful to have better entries.

Cheers,

Ruth

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Piers Kelly <piers.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
>
>
> Below is a quick-and-dirty audit of existing web resources for Australian
> languages.
>
>
> Please tell me! Is there a general or particular demand out there for a
> web-based resource that is *not* already being met by these sites?
>
> If Tinkerbell granted you one web-based wish what would it be?  Eg, Do we
> need a broad public discussion forum for languages? More email lists?
> Something else?
>
>
>
> *Site*
>
> *Service*
>
> *Main audience*
>
> RNLD
>
> Archived email list for issues in language endangerment and technical
> questions about language documentation; links, news etc
>
> Linguists, language activists
>
> AIATSIS
>
> Austlang, Aseda, Ozbib, Language and People Thesaurus, etc.
>
> Speakers, linguists
>
> Language centre websites (various)
>
> Information about Australian languages at a regional level. Some have
> online dictionaries and other resources.
>
> Speakers, public
>
> Facebook
>
> Language-specific social networking groups
>
> Speakers
>
> David Nathan’s site
>
> Links to web resources for Australian languages including newspaper
> articles
>
> Public, linguists, speakers
>
> Wikipedia
>
> Numerous detailed entries on Australian languages
>
> Public, linguists, speakers
>
> (NB. Obviously linguists and speakers can be one and the same, and
> everyone is a member of the public!)
>
>
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
>
> Piers
>
>
>
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