University of Wisconsin System linguists working to preserve endangered languages</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="University of Wisconsin System linguists working to preserve endangered languages"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="University,of,Wisconsin,System,linguists,working,to,preserve,endangered,languages"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">04-06-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>University of Wisconsin System linguists working to preserve endangered languages</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_pg6acWl5jXYlmRe5WiYP_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Wisconsin, USA (Tribune): With the help of a federal grant, Cliff Abbott is working with the Oneida tribe’s language program and a 97-year-old tribal elder to record pronunciations of Oneida words. He’s part of a small number of University of Wisconsin System linguists working to preserve endangered languages through dictionaries, digital recordings and other tools. Other groups leveraging technology to preserve languages include the Forest County Potawatomi tribe, which is using handheld, voice-activated translating devices first developed by the U.S. military, said Billy Daniels Jr., director of the tribe’s Language and Culture Program, and his wife, Alyce. The devices can help language learners quickly find and practice everyday phrases, they said. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/08window01.txt " target="blank">www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/08window01.txt </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show