Developing Web Databases for Aboriginal Language Preservation.

This article discusses the development of integrated multilingual Web databases to help the preservation of the Native American language East Cree. The creation of digital online resources for threatened aboriginal languages presents many technical, educational and ethical challenges. We focus here...

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Publicado en:Literary & Linguistic Computing Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 187 - 207
Autores principales: Junker, Marie-Odile, Luchian, Radu
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2007
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