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In anticipation of our 10-year anniversary, we're embarking on a listening tour—your honest feedback will improve our programs, expand our outreach, and play a big role in shaping the future of Wikitongues. Thank you for your support! tinyurl.com/wikitongues-surv…
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Dr. Greg Anderson and Opino Gomango recently presented two papers on Munda linguistics at the 37th South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable (SALA) in Venice, Italy. It was Opino's first trip to Italy! Thanks to the organizers of this event. #SALA37
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Join us on Sat. Dec 9 at 1pm EST for our end-of-year Online Gala! We will share our research highlights and progress from 2023. RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #linguistics #endangeredlanguages #languagedocumentation
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In three years, the Language Revitalization Accelerator has supported 40 mother-tongue projects around the world. Now, after three years of impact, we're ready to grow. Next year we will focus on collecting feedback, so that we can strengthen the Accelerator to fit your needs.
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We will also continue to share resources and external funding opportunities for language activists, such as this one from our friends at the Foundation for Endangered Languages: ogmios.org/grants/index.php (apply by 31 December).
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We look forward to hearing your feedback—and we thank you for your support! ❤️
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We are delighted to announce the launch of Ready to Revitalize, ELP's new online course in #LanguageRevitalization! 📅 Applications will open November 13. We'll post the application link then - we can't wait to hear from you!
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On behalf of Living Tongues, Dr. Luke Horo will be presenting research on the #phonetic correlates of syllable prominence in #Mundari at the Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (#TAI2023) on November 18-20 in Singapore. Full program: colips.org/conferences/tai20…
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USC ICT@USC_ICT31 Oct 2023
ICT researcher Jacqueline Brixey is part of @wikitongues Language Revitalization Fellowship's 2023 cohort, using #NLP (Natural Language Processing) #NLU (Natural Language Understanding) #MT (Machine Translation) to revitalize the #Choctaw language. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Projet de résidence artistique"Batablues" à Bordeaux dont l'éclosion est prévu en 2024. Restez connectés.@IFParis @iFB @Sidikou13 @wikitongues
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Friends—if you experienced outages at wikitongues.org recently, the site is back live! Thank you for your patience.
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Some reports claim that in 2023, AI speech recognition is 99% accurate. “But when it comes to Indigenous languages, it’s literally 0 percent accurate…The way that we're building out technology is contributing to a culture of further [cultural] genocide and erasure of languages.”
Global Coalition for Language Rights@GlobLangRights14 Oct 2023
AI's exclusion of Indigenous voices is history repeating itself. mashable.com/article/ai-bias…

How AI is widening accessibility gaps for Indigenous communities

Creative strategist Meggan Van Harten on inclusive AI's role in accessibility and cultural preservation.

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Félicitations. Après des années en incubateur, le fon, la langue nationale la + parlée au Bénin est désormais parmi plus de 300 langues au monde à travers fon.wikipedia.org officiellement lancé.👉w.wiki/7fSS @wikipedia_fon #wesexo @wikimediafonation
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A moving tribute to our colleague Ignacio Tomichá Chuvé (1985-2023) by Eddie Avila from @risingvoices. It was an honor for us to collaborate with Chuvé over the years. globalvoices.org/2023/09/27/…

A lasting legacy of Ignacio Tomichá Chuvé: Revitalizing the Besɨro language on the internet

In memory of Ignacio Tomichá Chuvé: Bésiro language digital activist from Bolivia. His enduring legacy will live on through the digital resources he created to promote his language and culture across...

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Thank you for supporting @wikitongues
Wikimedia Igbo@wikimediaigbo28 Sep 2023
RELAUNCH OF WIKITONGUES USER GROUP Ndewo nu! You are all invited to the relaunch of Wikitongues User Group. Date: Friday 29th September 2023 Time: 4:00p.m. UTC Venue: Online - Zoom We invite you to join us by registering here - meta.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.… #SeeThread
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Pliémue = Plymouth Bristo = Bristol Wique = IoW Noroui = Norwich Salebiéthe = Salisbury Hamptonne = Southampton Lé Neuchâté = Newcastle Les Câtchieaux = Chester Manchêtre = Manchester Dgèdéfort = Guildford Nicolle = Lincoln Porchémue = Portsmouth Ièrmue = Yarmouth #Jèrriais
Tuigim@Tuigim26 Sep 2023
GRMA, Gwen.
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Great news! We hit a milestone. The Living Dictionaries platform now houses over 200,000 #dictionary entries. Big shout-out to the 930+ language activists currently building Living Dictionaries for under-resourced, endangered and minority #languages on the platform.
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Calling all Wikimedians! 🌍📷 Join us for the relaunch of the Wikitongues User Group on September 29th at 4:00 p.m. UTC. Zoom meeting details and registration here: bit.ly/WKTRelaunch Let's celebrate #LanguageRevitalization and promote #LanguageDiversity together!
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