This is an impressive initiative aimed at savaging the situation of 5 endangered languages of West Bengal. Congratulations to WB UG 👏
On Thu, Aug 8, 2024, 8:08 AM Bodhisattwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > We are excited to announce that the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group is > collaborating with the School of Language and Linguistics of the Jadavpur > University, Kolkata to add a total of more than 5,000 lexicographical data > for 5 endangered languages of West Bengal with varying degrees of > vulnerability according to UNESCO scale. These languages are Kharia Thar, > Koda, Kurmali, Mahali and Toto. > > The School will assign 5 post-graduate students in linguistics as > Wikimedians-in-residence to upload the said data on Wikidata who will spend > 360 man-hours in total within a 3-months deadline. The entire expenditure > of this assignment will be borne by the user group from its annual budget > granted from the WMF community fund. > > The process of selection of the students and including the languages into > Wikibase is underway. We hope to start the project by the end of this > month. > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group) > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/RX5BYDOANUELE7AUQW2S4LZZUVMQBJ2Q/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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