LINGUIST List 25.1871
Sun
Apr 27 2014
FYI: User-Generated
Language Map: languagelandscape.org
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 27-Apr-2014
From: Sandy Ritchie
<tr7
soas.ac.uk>
Subject: User-Generated
Language Map: languagelandscape.org
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We are pleased to announce the launch of
http://languagelandscape.org,
a language mapping website which enables
everyone everywhere to map their language.
Users of the site can upload recordings and pin
them on the map where they happened. Each
contribution helps us to build a better picture
of where languages are really spoken around the
world. Our aim is to provide a collaborative
online environment where linguists and native
speakers can work together to create useful and
interesting maps which document the diversity
of oral cultures and their geographic spread.
We hope that the website will also contribute
to greater awareness of language diversity and
its precarious future in the public mind.
We are actively seeking contributions from
researchers and native speakers, in particular
recordings of smaller/endangered languages;
recordings of minority languages in countries
which have a large monolingual majority;
recordings which document multilingualism on an
individual or societal level, and groups of
recordings made across a geographical area
which document language variation. Please
contribute your recordings and help us to
grow!
With further funding/investment we plan to
translate the site into other languages,
develop a dedicated mobile app which will make
it even easier to create and map recordings
using a single mobile device, and gamify the
upload process to encourage more contributions
from non-specialists and young people.
We welcome feedback and suggestions for
improvement of the site, please send us your
thoughts at admin
languagelandscape.org.
To visit our website, please go to:
http://languagelandscape.org
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological
Linguistics; Language Documentation
Page Updated: 27-Apr-2014