Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (LTIEL) is an organization based in Salem, Oregon, United States, that scientifically documents endangered languages, and assists communities with maintaining and revitalizing knowledge of their native languages. The institute's founder and director is Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson. The institute's Director of Research is Dr. K. David Harrison.^[1][2][3]

One of the institute's projects involves training indigenous youth who are not native speakers of their communities' traditional languages to record and document their elders' languages, in order to improve documentation of those languages and to "build pride" among speakers.^[4]

Projects

• Language projects
  • Altai-Sayan Language and Ethnography Project
  • Ös/Middle Chulym Documentation Project
  • Eleme/Baan Language Project
  • Kallawaya Language Project
  • Munda Languages Project
• Language Hotspots Project
  • "Enduring Voices", a multi-year joint project with the National Geographic Society launched in 2007, with expeditions to language hotspots around the world (e.g., Bolivia, East India, Oklahoma, Oregon, Australia)
• The Linguists Film Project
• Talking Online Dictionary Projects
  • Siletz Dee-Ni Language Talking Dictionary Project
  • Tuvan Talking Dictionary Project
  • Remo Talking Dictionary Project
  • Chamacoco Talking Dictionary Project
  • Ho Talking Dictionary Project
  • Matukar Talking Dictionary Project

See also

• Language death
• Language documentation
• Language isolate
• Language revival
• List of Language Self-Study Programs
• List of revived languages

References

1. Brooks, Anthony (January 25, 2008). "'The Linguists': Saving the World's Languages". WBUR. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
2. Hughes, Jennifer V. (January 13, 2008). "Racing to Capture Vanishing Languages". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
3. "Saving Dying Languages in 'The Linguists'". Weekend Edition. National Public Radio. February 21, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
4. Lyderson, Kari (March 16, 2009). "Preserving Languages Is About More Than Words". Washington Post. Retrieved March 16, 2009.

External links

• Living Tongues Institute (official website)
• http://livingtongues.org/talking-dictionaries/ (Talking Dictionaries)
• Enduring Voices Project: Endangered Languages Facts, Photos, Map from the National Geographic Society

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