The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (LTIEL) is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization based in

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, United States. The institute's focus is to scientifically document

endangered language An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead langu ...

s, as well as assist 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. 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. The institute reports that they have created over 100 online "living dictionaries". The Living Tongues Institute is partnered with National Geographic’s Enduring Voices Project as both Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson and Dr. K David Harrison are National Geographic Fellows. Other partners include LA Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala and Ironbound Films: The Linguists.

Projects

*Language projects ** Altai-Sayan Language and Ethnography Project ** Ös/Middle Chulym Documentation Project ** Eleme/ Baan Language Project **

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Language Project ** Munda Languages Project
Language Hotspots Project
** "

Enduring Voices Enduring Voices is a project for documenting world's endangered languages and trying to prevent language extinction by identifying the most crucial areas where languages are endangered and embarking on expeditions to record these languages. Launche ...

", a multi-year joint project with the

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launched in 2007, with expeditions to language hotspots around the world (e.g.,

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) * ''

The Linguists ''The Linguists'' is an independent 2008 American documentary film produced by Ironbound Films about language extinction and language documentation. It follows two linguists, Greg Anderson of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages ...

'' Film Project * Online Living Dictionary Projects ** Siletz Dee-Ni Language Talking Dictionary Project ** Tuvan Talking Dictionary Project **

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Talking Dictionary Project ** Ho Talking Dictionary Project ** Matukar Talking Dictionary Project

References

External links

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

{{authority control Endangered languages projects Organizations based in Salem, Oregon Linguistics organizations Native American language revitalization

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