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Developing a Model Corpus for Endangered Languages ...
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World languages are becoming endangered at an unprecedented rate. Linguists estimate that 50-90% of the world’s 6700 languages are endangered. Krauss (1992) predicted that as few as 10% of the world’s languages may survive by 2100, which means we may be left with only 670 languages. Given the relationship between linguistic diversity, cultural diversity, intellectual diversity and biological diversity, this study is timely because it contributes to maintaining the biodiversity of languages. This research expands upon the previous success of corpus linguistics for certain world languages to develop and document the Somali language. This educational technology study examines the phenomenon of endangered languages by examining technology and languages in Corpus Linguistics, the study of language in real world texts. Through analysis and a review of the literature and historical precedents, the study demonstrates how the Somali language, spoken by millions, can be labelled an endangered language. Using a ...
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Corpus Linguistics; Education; Educational Technology; Endangered Languages; Somali Language; Sustainability
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/25614
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Language, literacy, and funds of knowledge: Somali refugee women in Clarkston, Georgia
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In: Applied Linguistics and English as a Second Language Dissertations (2014)
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Shire Jama Ahmed. A pioneer of the development of Somalia's national orthography and collection of its oral literature
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Il Lascito Linguistico Italiano In Dodecaneso, Libia E Corno D'Africa: L2, Pidgin E Prestiti ...
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Eraybixinta cilmi afeedka soomaaliga ; Terminologia linguistica somala ; Somali linguistic terminology
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