23.2792, All: LINGUIST List, U. of Hawai=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99i_?=Manoa, and Google Launch Endangered Languages Project

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LINGUIST List: Vol-23-2792. Thu Jun 21 2012. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 23.2792, All: LINGUIST List, U. of Hawai’i Manoa, and Google Launch Endangered Languages Project

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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:13:13
From: Anthony Aristar [aristar at linguistlist.org]
Subject: LINGUIST List, U. of Hawai’i Manoa, and Google Launch Endangered Languages Project

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Dear LINGUIST List Subscribers,

We are very pleased to announce that the Catalogue of Endangered 
Languages (ELCat), a joint undertaking by the University of Hawai'i Manoa 
and the LINGUIST List, is now available to the public. ELCat is a key feature 
of the new Endangered Languages Project site, developed by Google and 
backed by a new coalition of partners, the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity.  
ELCat and the Endangered Languages Project site can be accessed at: 

http://www.endangeredlanguages.com

The primary goal of ELCat is to produce a comprehensive, reliable, up-to-date 
source of information about the world's endangered languages. To that end, 
the ELCat project is committed to the following objectives:

- To compile all available information into one easily accessible catalogue;

- To encourage speaker communities, scholars, and the public to contribute 
up-to-date knowledge about endangered languages;

- To foster collaboration between speaker communities, scholars, and the 
public, and to facilitate language documentation and preservation efforts; and

- To continue to compile and distribute the latest information on endangered 
languages and their speakers.

Research for the Catalogue began in fall 2011, and is supported by the 
National Science Foundation (grant number BCS-1057725). For further 
information on the ELCat project, visit the ELCat project page at LINGUIST 
List:

http://linguistlist.org/projects/elcat.cfm

Also see the University of Hawai'i's ELCat project page at:

http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/endangeredlanguages 

The Endangered Languages Project site will also allow users to form 
discussion groups, share videos and other media, and access documents 
and online resources pertaining to endangered languages.  For more 
information on the Endangered Languages Project, please see:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-
supporting.html

Our hope is that ELCat and the Endangered Languages Project will 
accelerate language documentation and preservation efforts worldwide; 
facilitate collaboration and communication between scholars, language 
communities, and the public; and raise awareness of the issue of language 
endangerment.  

Although we are making the catalogue publicly available in its initial phase, 
the ELCat research is not yet complete; we will continue to improve the 
catalogue through 2014, when the project ends. As a community-driven 
resource, the ELCat team welcomes input from users of the site, which will 
be of great value to us as we move forward with the project.  Comments, 
questions, and suggestions may be sent to:

elcat at linguistlist.org

Best wishes,
The LINGUIST List Crew 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation






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