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Line 1: The '''[http://endangeredlanguages.com Endangered Languages Project]''' (GELP) is a project from Google and an attached "Alliance for Linguistic Diversity", which has the goal to support endangered languages by making it possible to access information about them, including audio, video and text material (cf. [http://googleblog.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/endangered-languages-project-supporting.html The Endangered Languages Project: Supporting language preservation through technology and collaboration]). The idea has been brought up in the [[Language committee]] (Langcom) to somehow cooperate with this project, as a number of language versions of Wikimedia projects in endangered languages exist and have contributors (as full wikis or on Incubator); and content, experience and contributors could possibly be shared. In that aspect, GELP and Wikimedia's goals are complementary. == Strategy == Wikimedia Language Committee's intent in this project is to promote the presence of worldwide endangered languages on Wikimedia's projects through a cooperation with Google Endangered Languages Project. It will do so by engaging in an active collaboration with GELP and other relevant key actors such as Wikimedia chapters. [[User:Millosh\|Millosh]]'s speech on Wikimania 2011 in Haifa ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcV3DEQPWOc) see on YouTube]) is quite relevant for this project. In short, strategically, we should be more interested in languages which are able to survive (top ~3000). ~~However, we have a~~A number of chapters, ~~('''WM~~including ~~FR,~~but WMnot ~~AU,~~limited WMto IDFrance, WMAustralia, CAIndonesia, WMCanada ~~RU'''(?))~~and ~~which~~Russia, are interested in their own languages, which are mostly inside of the bottom ~3000 [GELP itself says it would support 3054 languages, but there is no clear distinction between top and bottom ~3000 languages, as it's not possible to create it]~~. Thus, our goals are vastly complementary~~. == Ideas == ~~== Possibilities and opportunities ==~~ === Links === Links from GELP's language entry pages to respective Wikipedia versions (existing or in the Incubator). === Script issues === * Problems that regularly appear with writing (not only endangered) languages in Wikimedia (cf. [[incubator:Help:Language support\|Narayam and WebFonts]]): Script support in Unicode might be lacking Line 29: They could also use the community on Wikisources and Commons for crowdsourcing and transcriptions for uploaded documents. === Chapters involvment === There is a plan (though, postponed) for a regional conference in Indonesia, planned by WMWikimedia IDIndonesia, WMWikimedia AUAustralia and Langcom which would include indigenous people in an area with a lot of languages Wikimedia France cooperates with their department for overseas territories. * [[Canadian Aboriginal Languages Wikipedia Coordination]]. Line 42: Langcom has approached the Google project about possible cooperation. A first video meeting was held on 10 August; attendees were: Langcom members [[User:Millosh\|Millosh]], [[User:SPQRobin\|SPQRobin]] and [[User:MF-Warburg\|MF-Warburg]]; [[User:Amqui\|Amqui]] from [[Wikimedia Canada]] and [[Canadian Aboriginal Languages Wikipedia Coordination]]; and Jason Rissman (project manager at GELP). == Action plan == * Langcom will continue to be in contact with GELP ~~organizers~~managers to propose elements of cooperation * Langcom will contact chapters to gauge interest and to further coordinate efforts * Also single contributors were in part already made aware of this, * Creation of a dedicated mailing list for this cooperation * Set up a body of ~~Wikimedian~~Wikimedians and interested partners which would coordinate efforts and share knowledge internationally in regards of Endangered Languages presence on Wikimedia's projects. == Related pages == * [http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/ Endangered Languages] * [[Language committee]] * [[Wikimedia Indigenous Languages]] * [[WikiLang]] proposal [[Category:Language committee]] [[Category:Multilingualism]]