On Preservation of the Endangered Languages in Information Era: A Case Study of Tujia Language

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Language endangerment is deteriorating under the background of globalization. In the information era, the preservation of endangered languages is more urgent and important than before. The best preservation of the endangered languages is to study them. Based on the traditional research, a new system of the preservation of the endangered languages should be explored by using modern technology. This paper deals with this problem by taking Tujia language as an example.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 756-759)

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2068-2071

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September 2013

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