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Telephone (503)
269-3962 | 4676 Commercial St. SE #454, Salem,
Oregon 97302 |
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Why
are languages going extinct so rapidly?
Languages are abandoned when speakers come to think of them as
socially inferior, tied to the past, traditional, backward, or
economically stagnant. The current rapid decline of approximately
one language every two weeks appears to be unprecedented in human history.
What does humanity lose when a language dies?
A
vast repository of human knowledge about the natural world, plants,
animals, ecosystems, and cultural traditions is in the language. Every language
contains the collective history of an entire people.
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LIVING TONGUES ASSOCIATES |
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 Anna Luisa Daigneault
Latin America Projects Coordinator 2009-
Development Officer 2011-
Jeremy
Fahringer
Enduring Voices Project Manager 2009-
Information Technology Specialist
Language Hotspots Project
Talking Dictionaries Project
Opino
Gomango
Sora Language Project 2007-
Local Project Coordinator/Field Researcher-Remo
project 2010-
Local Project Coordinator/Field Researcher-Gta’
project 2010-
Dr.
Ganesh Murmu
Koro Documentation Project 2008-
Munda Languages Project 2007-
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Ethics
In accordance with the Federal
Policy on the Protection of
Human Subjects (DHHS Policy 45
CFR Part 46, effective August
19, 1991), the Living Tongues
Institute for Endangered
Languages assumes the
responsibility for the
protection of the rights and
welfare of human subjects who
participate in research and
other activity projects
conducted by, or under the
supervision of, its staff and
associates. The Living Tongues
Institute for Endangered
Languages has adopted a clear
policy and has publicly posted a
statement of research ethics
that covers types of informed
consent, safeguards to ensure
the confidentiality of project
participants, and the kinds of
assumed risks that such projects
entail. Living Tongues Institute
for Endangered Languages has an
established protocol to ensure
that all projects conducted
under its institutional banner
are subject to an extensive
process of internal review as
well as meeting stated policies
of external funding agencies and
collaborating or host
institutions. We obtain written
and/or oral (filmed) consent
from all consultants for the use
of all elicited data. Community
ownership of intellectual
property is a primary
consideration in all our work.
We repatriate copies of all
material we collect to the
communities of origin. We give
individual contributors the
ability to limit or restrict
access to their intellectual
property as they see fit, and
fully credit them in any
publication.
The Living Tongues Institute for
Endangered Languages is a
non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated solely to
the documentation, maintenance,
and revitalization of endangered
languages globally. It develops
and manages linguist-aided,
community-led projects that
promote the use of digital
video, computers, and other
modern information technology.
Staff members of Living Tongues
Institute have successfully
completed funded projects in
India, Siberia, Native North
America, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan,
the Philippines, Papua New
Guinea, Paraguay, Mongolia and
India. Salaries and benefits of
Living Tongues Institute staff
are wholly supported by grants
and public donations.
The Living Tongues Institute for
Endangered Languages seeks to
facilitate dialogue between
indigenous communities and the
larger global community through
informational awareness and
bridging the technology gap
between these worlds, allowing
indigenous minority speech
community members to integrate
with, rather than assimilate to,
the majority language
communities, and to provide
opportunities for such
under-represented communities to
cross the digital divide.
Capacity building through
technical training is a key part
of realizing these aims. |
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Please donate
any amount
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| DONATIONS TO LIVING TONGUES INSTITUTE |
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Your 100% tax deductible contribution can help us preserve
valuable information for future generations in the specialized
knowledge contained in endangered languages. Please consider
Living Tongues
Institute for Endangered Languages, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization, when planning your charitable giving. We rely
solely on the generosity of donors and grants to fund our field
expeditions, publications, and assistance to indigenous
communities struggling for cultural survival. |
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