DOBES

{{short description|Endangered languages preservation project}}

DOBES (or DoBeS) is the common abbreviation for the German name Dokumentation bedrohter Sprachen, "Documentation of Endangered Languages"), an international organization{{cite web| url= https://guides.lib.uconn.edu/c.php?g=1232158&p=9415466| title=

Endangered languages — Professional associations and societies |website= lib.uconn.edu| publisher= University of Connecticut| date=| accessdate= January 22, 2025}} and project.{{cite web| url= http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/583/samples/6926| website= EndangeredLanguages.com| title= Gyele| access-date= August 16, 2016}} The organization seeks to archive languages since it is expected many, if not most, of the world's languages (currently about 7,000 languages) will go extinct.{{cite web| url= http://dobes.mpi.nl/dobesprogramme/| title= DOBES Programme| website= DOBES.mpi.nl| publisher= Max Planck Institute for Linguistics| access-date= August 16, 2016}}