As we move towards an increasingly globalized and knowledge-based economy, the ability to discover and share information across language and cultural boundaries has become more and more crucial. With the advent and rapid development of the Internet, the amount of information generated in different languages and disseminated via the World […]
2015 • Afaan Oromo • Africa • CLIR • cross-language • information retrieval • minority language • OMEN-CLIR • under-resourcedEthnologue (18th edition)
Ethnologue 18th edition released on International Mother Language Day In commemoration of International Mother Language Day (February 21), SIL International released the 18th edition of the Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com). This edition is the result of more than 12,000 individual changes to the Ethnologue database affecting 4,447 of the languages listed. The […]
2015 • database • endangered language • Ethnologue • indigenous language • language map • minority languageOpen-domain Interaction and Online Content in the Sami Language
This paper presents data collection and collaborative community events organised within the DigiSami project concerning the North Sami language. The DigiSami project is one of the collaboration initiatives on endangered Finno-Ugric languages, supported by the larger framework between the Academy of Finland and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The goal […]
2014 • collaboration • community • endangered language • minority language • Sámi • technologyA question about the effects of ICTs on minority languages and culture
I missed this interview with Ritse Erumi (posted by Watan Vota on ICTWorks web site in February 2011). I invite you to read the whole interview here. Below is an excerpt in which Ms. Erumi responds to this question… In previous conversations, we’ve talked about your interest in the impact […]
culture | preservation • ICT4D • impact of | ICTs • language | preservation • minority language • Nigeria