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New article about Living Dictionaries in “Dictionaries Journal (Special Issue: Indigenous Lexicography)”

We are pleased to announce that we have published a new article entitled “Living Dictionaries: A Platform for Indigenous and Under-Resourced Languages” in the latest issue of Dictionaries, a journal published by the Dictionary Society of North America. Special thanks to the journal editors Christine Schreyer, Mark Turin and M. Lynne Murphy for their hard work. Here is the announcement from the publisher, below.

 

The Dictionary Society of North America is pleased to announce publication of Dictionaries 44:2, a special issue on Indigenous Lexicography guest-edited by Christine Schreyer, Mark Turin and M. Lynne Murphy. Read it online at Project MUSE, where, thanks in part to support from the University of British Columbia, it’s available open-access!

Dictionaries 44.2 (2023)

Special Issue: Indigenous Lexicography

Table of Contents

Editorial

M. Lynne Murphy

 

Indigenous Lexicography: An Introduction

Christine Schreyer and Mark Turin

 

The Evolution of Inuktut Dictionary-Making: From Historical Documentation to Inuit Authorship and Collaborations

Kumiko Murasugi and Donna Patrick

 

How a Dictionary Became an Archive: Community Language Reclamation Using the Mukurtu Content Management System

Erin Debenport, Mishuana Goeman, Maria Montenegro, and Michael Wynne

 

Living Dictionaries: A Platform for Indigenous and Under-Resourced Languages

Anna Luisa Daigneault and Gregory D. S. Anderson

 

Modern Wendat Lexicography: Using XML to Reflect the Grammar and Lexicon of an Iroquoian Language

Megan Lukaniec and Martin Holmes

 

The Upper Nicola Nsyilxcn Talking Dictionary Project: Community-Driven Revitalization Lexicography within an Academic Context

John Lyon, k̓ʷak̓ʷíslaʔqn Justine Manuel, and xʷəstalqs Kathleen Michel

 

nêhiyawi-pîkiskwêwina maskwacîsihk: Spoken Dictionary of Maskwacîs Cree

Antti Arppe, Atticus G. Harrigan, Katherine Schmirler, Daniel Dacanay, and Rose Makinaw

 

Designing Corpus-Creation Tools for Language Revitalization

Darren Flavelle and Jordan Lachler

 

An Open-Access Toolkit for Collaborative, Community-Informed Dictionaries

Bailey Trotter, Christine Schreyer, and Mark Turin

 

Creating the Passamaquoddy-Wolastoqey Dictionary: A Personal Reflection on Fifty Years of Lexicography

Robert M. Leavitt

 

The Witsuwit’en–English Dictionary Project

Sharon Hargus

 

Thematic Picture Dictionaries and Other Visual Resources for Costa Rican Indigenous Languages: Beyond Bilingual Equivalencies

Carlos Sánchez Avendaño and Henry Angulo-Jiménez

 

BOOK REVIEWS

Revitalization Lexicography: The Making of a New Tunica Dictionary by Patricia Anderson (book review).

 

Bailey Trotter

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✍️ RSVP for the Living Tongues Online Gala on Dec 9, 2023

Living Tongues gala flyer 2023

Join the researchers of Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages for our 2nd Annual Online Gala, where we present some of our highlights and innovations from 2023!

When: Saturday, Dec 9, 2023
Time: 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Where: Zoom online meeting

Register in advance for this meeting

2023 was a huge year for us. During this event, our researchers from around the world will share news about our language documentation projects, updates regarding the Living Dictionaries online platform, as well as our new research findings, publications and awards.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Want to support our work? Please visit: https://livingtongues.org/how-to-help/support/

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Living Tongues welcomes Dr. Nathan Badenoch

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Nathan Badenoch to the Living Tongues team as a Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia. Welcome, Nathan!

Dr. Nathan Badenoch is a linguist who has been working in the field in mainland Southeast since 1999, researching languages, cultures and ecosystems of upland people. He is interested in the diversity of languages spoken in the region and the networks of language use that connect people. His previous work in local environmental governance facilitated his exposure to how language is used and changes within specific socio-ecological settings.

His recent geographic focus has been northern Laos, where he is currently engaged in ethnolinguistic research on Austroasiatic (Bit, Ksingmul, Phong) and Tibeto-Burman languages (Pana, Paza, Sida). He also works on Mundari, spoken in eastern India, particularly with regards to expressives in oral performance. In terms of cross-cutting themes, Nathan is interested in the aesthetics of language use, ecological knowledge and narratives of human-nature spirit interactions.
Dr. Nathan Badenoch
Dr. Nathan Badenoch
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Gala Celebrating the Documentation of Endangered Jewish Languages

The Jewish Language Project, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and Wikitongues are teaming up to bring you this unique online event on Sunday, October 17th, 2021, celebrating ongoing efforts to document and safeguard Jewish languages around the world.

Gala Celebrating the Documentation of Endangered Jewish Languages
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In 2,000 years, there have been at least thirty Jewish languages, each reflecting unique histories of migration and resilience. However, Jewish linguistic diversity was nearly destroyed by migrations and violence in the 20th century, as ancient communities across Europe, Africa, and Asia were displaced. Today, with the exception of Yiddish, Ladino, and revitalized Hebrew, long-standing Jewish languages are under-documented, under-resourced, and spoken by aging populations, with few public resources to keep these languages alive. In other words, Jewish linguistic diversity—and all the history it represents—is critically endangered, with little time to safeguard it for the next generation. If not now, when?

This gala event on October 17th will show how current grassroots efforts are making a huge difference in protecting Jewish languages for future generations. The gala will include a panel of speakers of endangered Jewish languages, a presentation of oral history videos compiled by Wikitongues, a showcase of Living Dictionaries for endangered Jewish languages, as well as a brief introduction to Jewish languages by Professor Sarah Bunin Benor.

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