Today, Google announced the launch of the Endangered Language Project, "a website for people to find and share the most up-to-date and comprehensive information about endangered languages." The project was built in conjunction with the Alliance for Language Diversity.
Google and its partners hope the Endangered Language Project will help by providing "an online resource to record, access, and share samples of and research on endangered languages, as well as to share advice and best practices for those working to document or strengthen languages under threat."
Although Google helped develop the site, they plan to turn it over to the First Peoples' Cultural Council and The Institute for Language Information and Technology at Eastern Michigan University.
| Unshelved | by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum |
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
One more reason to like Google...
Google launches Endangered Language Project: Google tries to promote info exchange on the world's 3,000 endangered languages.
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