Google Launches Endangered Languages Project 194
redletterdave writes "About half of all of the languages in the world — more than 3,000 of them — are currently on the verge of extinction. Google hopes to stem the tide with its latest effort that launched Thursday, called The Endangered Languages Project. Google teamed up with the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity, a newly formed coalition of global language groups and associations, to give endangered-language speakers and their supporters a place to upload and share their research and collaborations. The site currently features posts submitted by the Endangered Languages community, including linguistic fieldwork, projects, audio interviews, and transcriptions."
Save ALGOL68 before it's too late! (Score:4, Funny)
Save ALGOL68 before it's too late!
Re:as a petty google hater, let me just say.. (Score:5, Funny)
I'd rather see one universal language, or maybe a dozen (one from each family). Using Europe/the Mideast/North Africa as example:
They were much better off when they spoke 2 common tongues (Roman and Greek) and could communicate with one another easily, then one thousand years later when they split-up into a bunch of incomprehensible tongues.