Cyberlinguistics: Recording the world's vanishing voices
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
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.