Wikimedia Language Diversity/Resources
Compilation of freely available resources on strategies, methodologies and best practices about revitalization of small languages and their use on Internet as well as studies regarding small languages issues and status. (Unless otherwise indicated, all links are in English).
Presentations by Wikipedians
edit- Wikipedia en idiomas nativos - (Spanish) Presentation given at the 2015 Encuentro de Activistas Digitales de Lenguas Indígenas. Explains why Wikipedia is important for indigenous languages, and how it can help to keep them alive.
- Manual for small and new Wikipedias
Published research and case studies
edit- Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, an UNESCO project
- Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research by Elisa Hart, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, 1995
- New ways to revitalise minority languages: the impact of the Internet in the case of Aragonese by Santiago Jorge Patrico-Martin and Juan Pablo Martinez-Cortés, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, May 2010
- Revitalizing Indigenous Languages edited by Jon Reyhner, Gina Cantoni, Robert N. St. Clair and Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, Northern Arizona University, 1999
- Strategies for Indigenous Language Revitalization and Maintenance by Onowa McIvor, Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network, 2009
- Teaching Indigenous Languages edited by Jon Reyhner, Northern Arizona University, 1997
Examples and reports of outside projects
edit- Building a Community Language Development Team with Québec Naskapi by Bill Jancewicz, Marguerite MacKenzie, Geroge Guanish and Silas Nabinicaboo
Guidelines and strategies by regions
editCanada
edit- Handbook for Aboriginal Language Program Planning in British Columbia by the First Nations Education Steering Committee, April 1998
- Revitalizing, Enhancing, and Promoting Aboriginal Languages: Strategies for Supporting Aboriginal Languages by Northwest Territories Education, Culture and Employment