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Linguistics History

• Chinook Wawa Piahtzumwawa Skookumklahwayhut (Chinook Jargon Electronic Information Superhighway). Mike Cleven. Includes a Chinook jargon phrasebook and links to other Chinook jargon Web sites. Date added: 2002.08.14.
• The Rosetta Disk Project (The Long Now Foundation). This project is an ambitious undertaking to establish a "near permanent archive" of 1,000 languages in online and hardcopy formats (micro-etched nickel disk and a book). Volunteer contributions to the language archive are welcome. The archive can be searched or browsed a variety of ways. The Long Now Foundation itself promotes a 10,000 year perspective on time-telling and information preservation. Date added: 2001.08.22.

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