Catalogue of South American indigenous languages

[Eduardo R. Ribeiro]

FYI

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Building a catalogue of South American languages

Etnolinguistica.Org, an information hub on indigenous South American languages (http://www.etnolinguistica.org), has recently launched an initiative to create a peer-maintained, up-to-date catalogue of South American languages, relying on a network of linguists directly involved in the documentation and analysis of the continent's languages.  Each entry in the catalogue is an individual page providing basic information such as number of speakers, location, genetic affiliation, etc. Additional information on the catalogue (currently, only in Portuguese) can be found at the following address: 

http://www.etnolinguistica.org/linguas

The catalogue is cross-referenced with a directory of South Americanists (http://www.etnolinguistica.org/cadastro) and an ever-growing list of online resources (theses, news articles, academic papers, hard-to-find books, etc.), in such a way that, by clicking on a given language tag, one can find not only a list of online materials, but ways of getting directly in touch with linguists working on that language as well.  It is hoped that such integration between authors and resources will ensure a certain measure of control, by the scientific community, over the quality of the information being provided.

The catalogue's editors strongly urge all interested colleagues to contribute with this initiative, by reviewing the available entries (http://www.etnolinguistica.org/catalogo:preenchidas) and filling up the form available at the following address:

http://www.etnolinguistica.org/form:lingua
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