Online Resource (language)--google languages

Claire Bowern clairebowern at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jun 27 18:16:38 UTC 2012


I believe that's on the list for release soon. There's a huge bibliography
behind the database which will be available soon.
Claire

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:10 AM, King, Dr Alexander D. <a.king at abdn.ac.uk>wrote:

>  It does not strike me as any more useful for grant applications than the
> Ethnologue, perhaps less so comparing the reputations. One feature that
> would be nice, especially for students looking for projects, would be
> highlighting languages that have little or no documentation. Clearly, the
> lack of 'samples' on the website doesn't mean a lack of documentation.
>
>  Is there a website of any kind that advertises undocumented or
> understudied languages?
>
>  Alex
>
>  On 27 Jun 2012, at 12:57 am, Claire Bowern wrote:
>
> I'd very strongly encourage anyone who sees errors in the catalogue to
> submit a comment, and if you have language samples that you're able to
> share, that would be great. We are very concerned to make this an accurate
> resource that reflects the communities whose languages are listed. The
> catalogue won't bring the languages back, of course, but it could be useful
> to point to when applying for grants, for example.
> Claire
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Andre Cramblit <andrekaruk at ncidc.org>wrote:
>
>>  Website
>>  *Endangered Languages*, http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/
>> An online collaborative effort to protect global linguistic diversity.
>>
>>
>>  Examples
>>  Listing for Dine’, Dineh, Diné
>> http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/6085
>>  Listing for Southwest Ojibwe,
>> http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/4171
>>  Listing for  Numunuh, http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/2005
>>
>
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