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Endangered Languages around the world:
Africa • Asia • Europe • South America • Central America • North America • Oceania }}

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  • It has been estimated that somewhere in the world one language will die every two weeks.Krauss, M. (1992). The world’s languages in crisis. Language 68, 4-10.
  • there is a consensus among linguists that over half the of the world's languages are moribund[http://www.ogmios.org/2content.htm Iatiku: Newsletter of the Foundation for Endangered Languages]. Issue Two: 9 April 1996. Accessed on 2006-11-15

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= [[Image:Searchtool.svg|20px|Scope and Goals]] Project Scope & Goals=

  1. Adding to the store of encyclopedic knowledge available on Wikipedia regarding endangered languages and language revitalization. The means of doing so are:
  2. To create, expand, and maintain articles related to endangered languages:
  3. identify gaps, check for completeness of coverage, start new articles, expand entries on little-known or neglected, but still notable, subjects
  4. ensure consistency of information across articles.
  5. To serve as the centralized place for all discussions related to endangered languages in Wikipedia.
  6. To create standards, guidelines, and recommendations for how to better organize and structure articles related to language endangerment, language revitalization and endangered languages.
  7. To provide editors with resources to assist them with their edits.

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= Endangered language article assessment =

You can help!

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= Watchlist =

= Add links and references =

  • Adding links and citations from [http://www.rnld.org/news Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity] and [http://www.ogmios.org/webnews/index.php Foundation for Endangered Languages] newsfeeds to articles

= Collaborations =

:Endangered languages

::Misantla Totonac see [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22Misantla+Totonac%22+language&btnG=Search   scholar.google.com]

::Lenca language see [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=lenca+language&hl=en&lr=&btnG=Search   scholar.google.com]

::Wikipedia:WikiProject Native languages of California

::[http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Incubator:Test_wikis/code/nearext Incubator Wikis in Languages Near Extinction]

::[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Challenges_encountered_on_Wikimedia_projects_in_endangedered_languages.pdf&page=1 Challenges Encountered on Wikimedia Projects in Endangered Languages, Wikimania 2011 (slides, .pdf)] or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_2011_-_Languages_and_cultures.ogv video]

:Language revitalization

::Kohanga reo

::Punana leo

::Rama language

:Improving articles

::Category:Leonese language

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