Then there are audio recordings from the 1800s and 1900s, plus ethnographic material collected by anthropologists. Technology is helping to overcome some of the challenges faced by linguists and indigenous communities trying to revitalise their languages, from data protection to the risk of digital colonisation. At the recent Breath of Life conference in Canada , participants were able to access the Numu language , software that creates a digital dictionary from uploaded documents. Meanwhile, engineers at the Unicode Consortium have helped create a font for the Osage tribe that has been accepted by Osage , enabling the development of nine language apps.
Technology is helping to overcome some of the challenges faced by linguists and indigenous communities trying to revitalise their languages, from data protection to the risk of digital colonisation. At the recent Breath of Life conference in Canada , participants were able to access the Numu language , software that creates a digital dictionary from uploaded documents. Meanwhile, engineers at the Unicode Consortium have helped create a font for the Osage tribe that has been accepted by Osage , enabling the development of nine language apps.