Android app for oral language documentation
Language Log 2013-03-15
Summary:
Steven Bird, "Cyberlinguistics: recording the world's vanishing voices", 3/11/2013:
Of the 7,000 languages spoken on the planet, Tembé is at the small end with just 150 speakers left. In a few days, I will head into the Brazilian Amazon to record Tembé – via specially-designed technology – for posterity. Welcome to the world of cyberlinguistics.
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