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Collected Item: “virALLanguages”

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virALLanguages

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url; text

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virALLanguages is a volunteer-led project that creates COVID safety content in different endangered languages. The project runs a YouTube channel and Facebook page where they post videos with information about COVID in rare languages, and their website also has a collection of downloadable materials in those languages. Beyond translating material, the project also seeks to tailor awareness materials to members of a community to be in touch with the speakers of those languages by using culturally-aware vocabulary and figures of speech.

The attached URIs contain, in order:
1: The main page of the website
2: All of the videos the project has made, including YouTube links and downloadable videos, on the project website
3: An Internet Archive page with the videos the project has made

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#ViralLanguage, virallanguages.org, virALLanguages, endangered languages, Cameroon, Aghem, Ajumbu, Babanki, Bafut, Buu, Giziga, Mafa, Mambila, Masa, Mendankwe, Mofu-Gudur, Moloko, Mundabli, Munken, ŋgə̂mbà, Ghɔmálá’, Ghomala, Noni, Obang, Oshie, Zaah-Biyah, Mungbam, Abar, Ghana, Akan, Ga, Indonesia, Sumba Timur, Kapuas Hulu, Lamaholot, Pemalang Javanese, Osing, Tetun, Pakistan, Balti, Burushaski, Dameli, Gawri, Gujari, Gojri, Hindko, Indus Kohistani, Kalasha, Kalkoti, Khowar, Palula, Pashto, Pashtun, Shina, Torwali, Ushojo, Wakhi, endangered, rapid response, language preservation

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https://virallanguages.org/, https://virallanguages.org/output/, https://archive.org/details/@virallanguages

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

virALLanguages

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2021-06-27
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