The Endangered Languages Project: Supporting language preservation through technology and collaboration (fwd link)

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The Endangered Languages Project: Supporting language preservation through
technology and collaboration<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/blogspot/MKuf/%7E3/FpitgyejoGw/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html>
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The Miami-Illinois language
<http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1924>was considered by some
to be extinct. Once spoken by Native American
communities throughout what’s now the American Midwest, its last fluent
speakers died in the 1960s. Decades later, Daryl Baldwin, a citizen of the
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, began teaching himself the language from
historical manuscripts and now works with the Miami University in Ohio to
continue the work of revitalizing the language<http://www.myaamiaproject.com/>,
publishing stories, audio files and other educational materials. Miami
children are once again learning the language and—even more
inspiring—teaching it to each other.

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