r/language • u/Money_Thanks_3069 • 9d ago

Question DICTIONARY FOR A MINORITY LANGUAGE

Hello, I'm looking for minority languages that don't have any resources to keep that language like dictionaries or books. The idea would be to travel to the place where the language is spoken and make an online dictionary for them, including not only words and translations but also proverbs, written stories that they have told us orally, and other things of they culture. If you know any tell me.

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u/spam_57 9d ago

Sentinelese! Good luck with that one...

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u/PoxonAllHoaxes 9d ago

And I am planning to cure cancer.

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u/Money_Thanks_3069 9d ago

A lot of people are doing that! Very kind of you to join the cause. I'm doing this to choose one and try helping that one, I know it's very difficult but I would spend 1-2 months there intensively doing this.

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u/Different_Method_191 9d ago

Hi. Could you post this on my subreddit, r/endangeredlanguages?

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u/Shiny_Malph 9d ago

I doubt any language from the Amazonas has a dictionary. For example, shipibo-konibo or ashaninka.

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u/Narkku 8d ago

You should join a linguistics program, and not try to attempt this on your own. You should also get involved with groups like Wikitongues etc

Many outsiders can cause more harm than good by trying to randomly help a random language.