Language Resources

Methods and Resources for revitalizing languages

Native Language Resource Directory from the Indigenous Language Institute
Teaching Indigenous Languages focuses on "the linguistic, educational, social, and political issues related to the survival of the endangered indigenous languages of the world." The article "Some Basics of Indigenous Language Revitalization" is a good introduction. See also "Maintaining and Renewing Native Languages."
Turtle Island Native Network Spotlight on Language - news articles on native languages.
Association for the Teaching and Learning of Indigenous Languages of Latin America
Issues in U.S. Language Policy: Endangered Languages
Indigenous Languages and TechnologyAn online forum and listserv to discuss the role of technology and media in revitalizing languages
Aboriginal Language Planning: A Guide for Community Activists. Focuses on Canada and BC, but has much information relevant to all endangered languages." For many years, parents and educators were told that education in an Aboriginal language would be detrimental to children's social and intellectual development, and that it would 'hold them back.' As linguists and specialists in bilingual or multilingual education now know, the opposite is the case."
New Tactics: an online forum about using new media to promote underrepresented languages.
Ethics of Language on the Web

The following links to the complete text of the books:

Revitalizing Indigenous Languages discusses "opportunities and obstacles faced by language revitalization efforts, programs and models for promoting indigenous languages, the role of writing in indigenous language renewal, and how new technology is being used to compile indigenous language dictionaries, publish indigenous language materials, and link together dispersed language communities."
Teaching Indigenous Languages presents "experiences and thoughts of indigenous language activists who are working in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico."
Effective Language Education Practices & Native Language Survival "contains descriptions of promising Native language programs going on today in New Zealand, Canada, the United States."

The Indigenous Language Institute "collaborates with indigenous communities to revitalize and perpetuate the languages and culture of the original inhabitants of the Americas."
The Foundation for Endangered Languages "awards grants to projects that support the use of endangered languages in all contexts."
The The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS.
Endangered Language Fund
The Documenting Endangered Languages program at the National Science Foundation.
The Genographic Legacy Fund offers grants for linguistic preservation and revitalization efforts.

Noam Chomsky - "Why are there so many languages? Diversification from an underlying unity"

Living Tongues Institute - Be sure to check out their "Enduring Voices Project". Online videos from "Enduring Voices" can be found below
Enduring Voices YouTube Channel - A wide array of video recordings from the "Enduring Voices" project
Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation - A subcommittee from The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) now has a blog covering current research on endangered languages. They also have a link to Advocacy!
Intertribal Wordpath Society - promoting Oklahoma Indian languages.
Cultural Survival's Our Mother Tongues - this great site has a language map of North America, voice recordings, video clips, a blog, and even "e-Postcards!"
American Indian Language Development Institute - has classes, workshops, resource links for language revitalizion
Terralingua works to preserve the future of the world's biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity