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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><img width="186" height="39" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01D0785E.7DE25BF0" alt="Description: Macintosh HD:Users:fvadmin:Desktop:Endangered_Languages_Project_-_2015-04-16_13.42.52.png"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">PRESS RELEASE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">For release on April 21, 2015
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Endangered Languages Project website redesigned to be more accessible and engaging</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Brentwood Bay, B.C. – The Endangered Languages Project is launching a new website today (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.endangeredlanguages.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.endangeredlanguages.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">)
to improve access to information and resources on endangered languages for a global audience of Indigenous language speakers and language experts.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“Our goal is to create a collaborative online space where the world’s languages have a voice and where people of all audiences can share language information,
resources and connect with one another,” says Tracey Herbert, Executive Director of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and Chair of the Endangered Languages Project Governance Council.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">New website features let users browse resources by category, tag (or topic), format and most viewed. Categories include language education, language revitalization,
language and technology, and more. In addition, a new process for submitting materials will make it easier to find a wide range of resources concerning the world’s endangered languages.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">“In response to user feedback, our team of global language experts and designers has developed an improved website that will be a
more interactive and accessible resource,” says Veronica Grondona, Endangered Languages Catalogue Manager at Eastern Michigan University. “For example, the website will be available in five additional languages later this spring, making it available to more
user communities.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The Endangered Languages Project is a collaborative initiative designed to facilitate the documentation and revitalization of at-risk languages around the world.
Languages included on the website and the information displayed about them are provided by the Endangered Languages Catalogue (ELCat), which aims to have the most up-to-date and accurate data about the endangered languages of the world. Language communities
and speakers can play an active role in putting their languages online by submitting resources in the form of text, audio, links, images or video files.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The Endangered Languages Project website URL:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.endangeredlanguages.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.endangeredlanguages.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The Endangered Languages Project is supported by Governance Council volunteers, The National Science Foundation, The Luce Foundation and Google.org.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">- 30 -</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The four founding partners who oversaw the website’s development and launch include:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The First Peoples’ Cultural Council:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.fpcc.ca"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.fpcc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Eastern Michigan University: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.emich.edu/english/programs/linguistics/elp-elcat.php"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.emich.edu/english/programs/linguistics/elp-elcat.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">University of Hawai’i at Mānoa linguistics department: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0024E0">www.ling.hawaii.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.google.org"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.google.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Media Contact:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Shay Boechler, Endangered Languages Project Manager</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The First Peoples’ Cultural Council</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Tel: (250) 652-5952, ext 213</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Email:
<a href="mailto:shay@fpcc.ca">shay@fpcc.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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