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After funding more than $10 million dollars of scientific research and study projects during the last three years to record and analyze some of the world's most endangered languages, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently made its Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) initiative a permanent program.
The program was established in NSF's social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate in 2005. It was part of a collaborative arrangement with the National Endowment for the Humanities as a funding partner and the Smithsonian Institution as a non-funding partner.
Endangered Language Program Made Permanent
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While this is a promising beginning, there are many languages still in need of further documentation," said Whalen. "With a permanent program backing up this work, the field of linguistics can expect to do a better job of recording this uniquely human heritage for future scientists and language users."
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#1 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:52 PM ESTgood find. national geographic also recently teamed up with a language documentation group... i'd find the link but i'm too tired, sorry. and what's the guy's name that is famous for traveling the world recording and documenting nearly extinct languages? or am i thinking of the world music guy?
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