About the Endangered Languages Project
Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost. With every language that dies we lose an enormous cultural heritage; the understanding of how humans relate to the world around us; scientific, medical and botanical knowledge; and most importantly, we lose the expression of communities’ humor, love and life. In short, we lose the testimony of centuries of life. Languages are entities that are alive and in constant flux, and their extinction is not new; however, the pace at which languages are disappearing today has no precedent and is alarming. About half of the world’s approximate 7,000 languages are at risk of disappearing in the next 100 years. But today we have tools and technology at our fingertips that could become a game changer. With the Endangered Languages Project, Google puts its technology at the service of the organizations and individuals working to confront the language endangerment by documenting, preserving and teaching them. Through this website, users can not only access the most up to date and comprehensive information on endangered languages as well as samples being provided by partners, but also play an active role in putting their languages online by submitting information or samples in the form of text, audio or video files. In addition, users will be able to share best practices and case studies through a knowledge sharing section and through joining relevant Google Groups. Google oversaw the development and launch of this project, but the long term goal is for it to be led by true experts in the field of language preservation. As such, oversight of the project will soon transition to First Peoples' Cultural Council and The Institute for Language Information and Technology (The Linguist List) at Eastern Michigan University in coordination with the Advisory Committee.
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About the language information in this site
The languages included in this project and the information displayed about them are provided by the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat), produced by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and The Institute for Language Information and Technology (The Linguist List) at Eastern Michigan University, with funding provided by the National Science Foundation (Grant #1058096) and supported by a team of global experts. While ELCat is a three-year project that only began in the fall of 2011, it is being shared through this site so that feedback from language communities and scholars worldwide can be incorporated to update the world’s knowledge about its most at-risk languages. This means that the languages included on this site and the information presented about them is intended to change over time. More information about the research project. This project would not be possible without the collaboration of groups around the world who have contributed to its launch. As part of the Endangered Languages Project, the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity has been created. The mission of the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity is to accelerate, strengthen and catalyze efforts around endangered language documentation, to support communities engaged in protecting and revitalizing their languages, and to raise awareness about ways to address threats to endangered languages. If your organization would like to contribute to this collaborative effort for endangered languages, you can apply to join the Alliance at any time.
Members
- Alaska Native Language Archive (ANLA)
- Asociación Cultural Parola
- Association for Cultural Equity
- CBC Radio
- Center for American Indian Languages
- Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
- Endangered Language Alliance
- First Peoples’ Cultural Council
- Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia
- Indigenous Language Institute
- Laboratório de Linguas Indígenas, Universidade de Brasília
- Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
- Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian
- National Folklore Support Centre
- PanLex (The Long Now Foundation)
- Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
- The Chontal Project in the DoBeS Archive
- The DoBES Project on Taa
- The Endangered Languages Catalogue team at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University
- The Language Archive at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
- The LINGUIST List
- The Myaamia Project
- The Rosetta Project (The Long Now Foundation)
- Transparent Language, Inc.
- UCLA Phonetics Laboratory
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- World Oral Literature Project
This site is designed to enable you to contribute to the project directly. Although we will not be able to respond to all inquiries and are not accepting requests for funding, you can propose significant collaboration opportunities by completing this form, or apply to become a moderator of flagged content through this form. For information about how to contact Google, please visit our contact page. This project is being guided by an active Advisory Committee that bring diverse perspectives, talents and commitments to the project. Membership will be by invitation only. Current members are:
- Daniel Kaufman, Endangered Language Alliance
- Daryl Baldwin, The Myaamia Project
- Gregory Anderson & K. David Harrison, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
- Helen Aristar-Dry & Anthony Aristar, The LINGUIST List
- Inee Slaughter, Indigenous Language Institute
- Tracey Herbert & Peter Brand, First Peoples' Cultural Council
- Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai'i at Mañoa
- Mark Turin, World Oral Literature Project
- Panchanan Mohanty, University of Hyderabad
- Paul Trilsbeek & Sebastian Drude, The Language Archive at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
- Susan Penfield, University of Arizona
- Kevin Lowe, Eastern States Aboriginal Language GroupThe goal of the Endangered Languages Project is to foster exchange of information related to languages threatened with extinction. Please keep this purpose in mind when submitting content to the site. Any content deemed by moderators to be not in line with this goal may be removed. You shall be solely responsible for your own content and the consequences of submitting it to the Endangered Languages Project. Only upload content for which you have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to publish on the site. Please only include material that is appropriate to be shared openly online. Sacred material or other content that language speakers would not want shared should not be uploaded. If your video includes others, please make sure all speakers are properly informed and consent to the video being shared on the Internet. For reference, please review the Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association. Most content uploaded to the Endangered Languages Project is hosted on several associated Google products or services, including YouTube, Picasa and
Submitting Comments
The Endangered Languages Project is designed to be a collaborative space for information sharing. For this reason comments and feedback are welcome on site content. When making comments on content displayed on the Endangered Languages Project site please abide by the following guidelines:
- Keep comments readable. Use proper grammar and check your spelling. Don't use excessive capitalization and punctuation.
- Make comments useful. Post clear, valuable, and truthful information.
- Be polite. Don't attack others or post content that is abusive, hateful, threatening, or harassing.
- Comments deemed to be off-topic or otherwise against these policies will be removed.
Reporting Content
If you find content you believe to be in violation of these guidelines please follow the flagging instructions to report the content for review. http://erinknight.com/post/26021814686/weekend-of-learning
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