Abstract
 Language Map Server Track: Education Author(s): Ljuba Veselinova, Östen Dahl According to current estimates there are about 7,000 languages spoken around the globe. However, the location of most of them is known by specialists only, if anyone. GIS systems are slowly making their way among linguists, but an easily accessible language mapping system still does not exist. The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University is using ArcIMS for the development of a Language Map Server to be demonstrated at EdUC. Caucasus is the area chosen to be mapped first because of the great variety of languages spoken there and the availability of sufficient sources about them. We are targeting the smaller languages of the region as their location(s) and dialectal varieties tend to be least known. Pending funding and through cooperation with other universities, we plan to expand the system to cover other areas, the long term goal being to achieve global coverage of the geographical distribution of modern languages. Ljuba Veselinova Stockholm University Linguistics Frescativägen 10 Stockholm 10691 SE Phone: +46-8-16 2667 Fax: +46-8-15 5389 E-mail: ljuba@ling.su.se Östen Dahl Stockholm University Department of Linguistics Department of Linguistics Stockholm University Stockholm 10691 SE Phone: +46-8-16 2331 Fax: +46-8-15 5389 E-mail: oesten@ling.su.se |
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