Filchenko, Andrey2021-07-092021-07-092021-06Filchenko, A. (2021, June 29). DOCUMENTATION OF ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AS CONTEMPORARY PRESERVING PRACTICE OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE IN EURASIA [Slides]. Nazarbayev University Repository. https://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/5487http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/5548Based on contemporary estimates, between 50% and 80% of the world’s linguistic diversity will disappear during the 21st century, meaning that out of estimated 6500 languages currently spoken in the world over 3500 will seize to use. While every language manifests a unique wealth of human knowledge accumulated over millennia, sadly, multiple languages in Central and Northern Eurasia are at risk. More often than not, these languages and language varieties are little known outside their immediate communities and less studied by the academic community, which exacerbates the problem even further. Contemporary methodologically and technologically advanced language documentation serves to establish the connection between the intangible and tangible. Modern electronic libraries and archives that result from such documentation projects, including those developed at NU SSH department of LLL, aim to address the problem of preserving the linguistic and cultural diversity of Eurasia. The information and data that these projects produce offer an important empirical contribution to a number of debates pertaining to the history, evolution, variation, and change in the languages and cultures of the region. The experience of these projects is also useful in providing evidence in the discussion of the role of digital technologies in minority language/culture maintenance and revival, as well as in developing best practices for mitigating language endangerment. While these projects naturally focused on collecting primary language and culture data in relevant communities, their important component has also been digital archiving of legacy materials associated with a range of technical, methodological, and ethical issues and their impacts on language/culture endangerment and vitality.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United StatesType of access: Open AccessEALCPresentation