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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Harley,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It depends on the community and on how far along you are in understanding the language and getting the material together. Several years for most cases, in my experience! A few key questions that will help you to estimate how much further
 you have to go:</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Have you had community workshops to decide how you’re going to write it down?</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do you have recordings or are you working off old wordlists? It’s much easier to know what sounds are in the language if you have at least some recordings.</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do you have all the words written out using a community approved writing system? This can take a surprising amount of time!</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Have you figured out what grammatical information you have and what is missing? If you have a lot missing, are you going to talk to TOs of related languages about borrowing some of
 their grammatical material?</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Do you know how the grammar works or are you still analysing it?</li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been 2 years doing just a dictionary reprint in sound for 2 of the languages here! So it can definitely take time...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good luck!</p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jacqui Cook</span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Linguist, Bundiyarra - Irra Wangga Language Centre</span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">p: 08 9920 7900| e:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:harley.dunollylee123@gmail.com">Harley Dunolly-Lee</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, 20 May 2021 12:58 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:resource-network-linguistic-diversity@listserv.linguistlist.org">resource-network-linguistic-diversity@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[RNLD List] Timeframes for Dictionaries</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello fellow speech crafts <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am emailing to ask what is the average timeframe for a dictionary word list including grammar for languages that are sleeping?? <o:p></o:p></p>
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