The Rosetta Project aims to be the largest collection of the world’s languages with a goal to create a complete database of languages on earth to date. This collaborative resource is available for everyone interested in the cultural preservation of languages as well as for academic researchers, educators, language learners and endangered language communities.
Currently the Rosetta digital library has more than 2,300 languages with more languages added. The library is being created by contributions and peer review, a process similar to the building of the original Oxford Dictionary.
“Our goal is an open source "Linux of Linguistics"- an effort of collaborative online scholarship drawing on the expertise and contributions of thousands of academic specialists and native speakers around the world.”
When completed the contemporary “Rosetta Stone” will be archived at 5 year intervals and micro-etched to a nickel disc and made available to anyone.
“The Rosetta Project is a non-profit effort of the Long Now Foundation, supported by the National Science Foundation, Lazy Eight Foundation, and many individual members like you.”
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