How digitization helps preserve languages

Episode 68 April 15, 2022 00:03:59
How digitization helps preserve languages
Localization Today
How digitization helps preserve languages

Apr 15 2022 | 00:03:59

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Eddie Arrieta

Show Notes

With a significant round of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities going toward Native American language digitization projects earlier this year, along with several other recent projects to digitize indigenous languages across the world, it’s worth exploring how these projects can aid in language revitalization.

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