strategy
Recording dying languages
Synonyms:
Recovering dying languagesCreating endangered languages and dialects bank
Sound recording endangered speeches
Context:
Most of the world's 6000 forms of speech are lesser used languages that are endangered to the point that only 300 spoken languages or so may remain in a hundred years or so. Apart from trying to prevent this tragic linguistic attrition, it is suggested that those languages and dialects that are greatly endangered be sound recorded and deposited in "language and dialect banks" in order to preserve them for humanity before they may be are lost forever. Claim:
Endangered languages are an irreplaceable source of linguistic and cognitive information, Modern cyberinfrastructure tools enable us to investigate these phenomena more exactly and more comprehensively. Broader:
BankingStudying languageRecording cultural informationConserving endangered languagesProtecting intangible cultural heritage Problems:
Endangered unwritten languagesValues:
DeathEndangered Subjects:
Life → DeathCommunication → Audio, visual
Commerce → Banking
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Language → Languages
Language → Linguistics
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
