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Language Resource Maps

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 Lately I've been thinking about creating an interactive map resource for highlighting research on sign language varieties in North Africa, so I've been looking at lots of different maps to think about how I want to do it. Some of my favorites that serve similar functions are these.  Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: https://www.endangeredalphabets.net/ project highlighting the cultural value of writing systems explores and challenges our definitions of what writing is supports communities in developing literacy-building resources in indigenous scripts The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme: https://www.eldp.net/en/our+projects/map/# organization that funds language documentation programs archival materials hosted through their database more academia-oriented The Endangered Languages Project: https://endangeredlanguages.com/language-search-map?field_elp_country=All&field_region=26&field_speaker_number_range=All&search_api_fulltext=&sort_by...