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Google sets out to save dying languages

Phys.org - Thu 21 Jun 12

Google on Wednesday set out to save the world's dying languages.

Google backs new Endangered Languages Project to help preserve over 3,000 languages

The Verge - Thu 21 Jun 12

One of the peculiarities of internet-influenced globalization is that even as more information than ever can be archived, things like niche languages are at risk of disappearing. ...

Google fights to save 3,054 languages

CNN - Thu 21 Jun 12

Will you be any worse off the moment humans cease to speak in Aragonese? How about Navajo, or Ojibwa? Or Koro, a language only just discovered in a tiny corner of northeast India?

New Google project helps preserve dying languages

FOXNews - Thu 21 Jun 12

Google is launching a new project to help save over 3,000 dying languages. It?s called the Endangered Languages project, and it's backed by an international coalition of scholars and linguists

Endangered Languages Project: Google Wants To Save 3,000 Languages Under Threat (Thanks Partly To Google)

TechCrunch - Thu 21 Jun 12

Google, along with other major forces of our dot-com times, has played a huge part in making English the lingua franca of the Internet, but today brings news of an effort it's making to counterbalance ...

Google-backed Endangered Language Project Helps Preserve Dwindling Dialects

Fastcompany Tech - Thu 21 Jun 12

Google is backing a cultural initiative to help preserve more than 3,000 dwindling languages around the world. The Endangered Language project is backed by Google.org and maintained by the Alliance ...

Google 'to save endangered languages'

Telegraph.co.uk Tech - Thu 21 Jun 12

Google has launched a new website in a bid to save endangered languages from disappearing forever.