23.849, Disc: Social Media and Endangered Languages

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-849. Mon Feb 20 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.849, Disc: Social Media and Endangered Languages

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Date: 18-Feb-2012
From: Roger Blench [rogerblench at yahoo.co.uk]
Subject: Social Media and Endangered Languages


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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:28:16
From: Roger Blench [rogerblench at yahoo.co.uk]
Subject: Social Media and Endangered Languages

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I see from the BBC website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17081573

that 'digital tools' [i.e. Facebook, Twitter etc.] are going to save 
'Endangered Languages' according to 'scientists'. No scientists are 
mentioned in the accompanying piece and the only languages referred 
to are North American.

My question is whether there is any evidence at all that genuinely 
endangered languages elsewhere in the world are likely be be even 
affected by such digital tools? My experience is that the reverse is true, 
that new media tend to promote dominant languages and scripts.



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics





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