About half of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages may disappear from the planet in the next 100 years. Over 40 percent of the world’s approximate 7,000 languages are at risk of disappearing. The Endangered Languages Project is a collaborative online platform for sharing knowledge and resources for endangered languages. Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. [9] The ELP states that "over 40 percent of the approximately 7,000 languages worldwide are in danger of becoming extinct. The Endangered Languages Project: Supporting language preservation through technology and collaboration. People can share their knowledge and research directly through the site and help keep the content up-to-date. Through the Endangered Languages Project, endangered language communities and scholars are able to contribute their own materials by uploading language documentation via Google tools such as Google Docs and YouTube. Post clear, valuable, and truthful information. of Health quarantine info sheet, Hawaii Dept. "[10], A select group of invited professionals make up the Governance Council and Advisory Committee that oversee the organization. Some languages lack geographic data and do not appear on this map. Endangered Languages of the Americas Revitalization Projects Database Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Any content deemed by moderators to be not in line with this goal may be removed. Endangered Languages of the Americas Revitalization Projects Database, https://elarp-database.fandom.com/wiki/Endangered_Languages_Project?oldid=4143. hand washing cartoon, Reduce the spread poster from Public Health Agency Canada, Information and prevention video from MICOP (Turícuaro variety), Hawaii Dept. Google Blog, June 20, 2012. Membership is by invitation only. The Endangered Languages Project, is an online project founded by the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity (and its many organizational members) and Google 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. The oversight of the project transitioned to the First Peoples' Cultural Council and The Institute for Language Information and Technology (The Linguist List) at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012, in coordination with the Advisory Committee of the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. of Health protect yourself poster, Hawaii Dept. Our project serves as an online resource for samples and research on endangered languages as well as a forum for advice and best practices for those working to strengthen linguistic diversity. The Endangered Languages Project Edit. Users that are knowledgable about a specific language that is appropriate for the ELCat are encouraged to submit information pertaining to the improvement or submission of a particular language entry. You shall be solely responsible for your own content and the consequences of submitting it to the Endangered Languages Project. With every language that dies we lose an enormous cultural heritage; the understanding of how humans relate to the world around us; scientific, medical and botanical knowledge; and most importantly, we lose the expression of communities’ humor, love and life. [12] This group partners with Google to run the Endangered Languages Project.[13].