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Tongues on the EDGE: language preservation priorities based on threat and lexical distinctiveness [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Languages are being lost at rates exceeding the global loss of biodiversity. With the extinction of a language we lose irreplaceable dimensions of culture and the insight it provides on human history and the evolution of linguistic diversity.
Nicolas Perrault, Maxwell J. Farrell, T. Jonathan Davies   +2 more
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Libraries and language preservation

Journal of New Librarianship, 2020
This column proposes that schools of Library Science (as well as Museum Studies and related disciplines) can contribute to language preservation and advance their own financial interests by presenting themselves as key collaborators in language ...
Race MoChridhe
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Poemas de la Pradera: Transnational Identity Development Through YPAR and AI-Assisted Mayan Language Preservation [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
This study examines how transnational Mayan youth in rural Nebraska preserved and developed their linguistic heritage through the Kematzib’ Project while maintaining digital connections to Guatemala.
Hector Palala Martinez, Edmund T. Hamann
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Speaking out: A mathematical model of language preservation [PDF]

Heliyon, 2021
Jennifer Switkes
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Wikipedia and indigenous language preservation: analysis of Setswana and Punjabi languages

Frontiers in Communication
The survival of a language is important for several reasons, some of which are to maintain cultural identity, tradition and wisdom. Therefore, people always try to protect their cultural identity, tradition, and wisdom, thus preserving and promoting ...
Shahid Minhas, Abiodun Salawu
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IsiXhosa in the Digital Age: Navigating Language Preservation and Innovation: A Systematic Scoping Review

IEEE Access
Preserving and innovating indigenous languages is crucial for maintaining cultural heritage and facilitating community development in this digital age.
Abayomi Agbeyangi, Nobert Jere
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LANGUAGE SHIFT IN KONJO COMMUNITY

IJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics), 2023
One local language that is the object of preservation is the Konjo language in Bulukumba Regency. The Konjo language is interesting to study further in maintaining language to determine whether the Konjo tribe in Bulukumba Regency still maintains the ...
Dwiani Septiana, Andi Indah Yulianti, Dharmawati Majid, Syamsul Rijal   +3 more
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Reusing the structure of the PORTLEX dictionary to create a contrastive dictionary of Romance languages: a proposal.

Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics, 2023
This paper proposes the development of a multilingual online dictionary for the Romance languages, called DiCoRom, using an integrative, cross-lingual and pedagogical approach.
Carlos Valcárcel Riveiro
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Моделирование конкуренции языков

Современные информационные технологии и IT-образование, 2023
В статье рассмотрены различные модели языковой динамики и гипотезы их построения. Рассмотрены результаты наложения уже имеющихся моделей на реальные статистические данные и результаты их описания.
Медведев, А.В., Кузенков, О.А.   +1 more
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A Program for the Preservation and Revitalization of the Languages of Russia

Russian Journal of Linguistics, 2021
This article presents the Program for the Preservation and Revitalization of the Languages of Russia proposed by the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences (the Program).
Andrej A. Kibrik
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