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Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages rather than just read about it. In short: The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (LTIEL) is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The institute's focus is to scientifically document endangered languages, as well as assist communities with maintaining and revitalizing knowledge of their native languages.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (LTIEL) is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Salem, Oregon, United States. The institute's focus is to scientifically document endangered languages, as well as assist communities with maintaining and revitalizing knowledge of their native languages. The institute's founder and director is Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson. One of the institute's projects involves training indigenous youth who are not native speakers of their communities' traditional languages to record and document their elders' languages, in order to improve documentation of those languages and to "build pride" among speakers. The institute reports that they have created over 100 online "living dictionaries". Between 2007 and 2013, the Living Tongues Institute partnered with National Geographic’s Enduring Voices Project, as both founder Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson and former Director of Research Dr. K David Harrison are National Geographic Fellows. Other partners include La Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala and Ironbound Films: The Linguists.

Projects Language projects Altai-Sayan Language and Ethnography Project Ös/Middle Chulym Documentation Project Eleme/Baan Language Project Kallawaya Language Project Munda Languages Project Language Hotspots Project "Enduring Voices", a multi-year joint project with the National Geographic Society launched in 2007, with expeditions to language hotspots around the world (e.g., Bolivia, East India, Oklahoma, Oregon, Australia) The Linguists Film Project Online Living Dictionary Projects

See also Language death Language documentation Language isolate Language revival List of Language Self-Study Programs List of revived languages

References

External links Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages (official website) Living Dictionaries / (dictionary-building platform) Enduring Voices Project: Endangered Languages Facts, Photos, Map from the National Geographic Society

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

In research: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Endangered languages projects, Linguistics organizations, Munda languages, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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