Observatoire linguistique
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Linguasphere Observatory
Wylfa Ieithoedd
Bhasha Vishwa
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found: Nos langues et l'unité de l'Europe, 1992:t.p. (Observatoire linguistique) p. 12 (association created in 1983 at the Centre international de recherche en bilinguisme (Univ. Laval, Québec); office located in France)
found: www.linguasphere.org, 8/7/00:(Linguasphere Observatory; Observatoire linguistique; Wylfa Ieithoedd (in Welsh))
found: The linguasphere register, 1999/2000 [i.e., 1999]:t.p. (Observatoire linguistique/Linguasphere Observatory/Bhasha Vishwa)
found: Royal Anthropological Institute (Wiley Digital Archives) website, Archives & Manuscripts, Conference on Manding Studies, London, 1972 (MS 415) finding aid, viewed January 12, 2022:David Dalby: Biography (while at the Centre International de Recherches sur le Bilinguisme at Université Laval in 1983, Dalby undertook the design and establishment of the Observatoire linguistique as an independent research organisation; settled in Normandy, France, continuing research and collaborating with UNESCO and la Francophonie, within the framework of the Observatoire, including finalisation of the Clavier international de Niamey or "international African keyboard" in 1984; his principal academic concern in the 1980s-1990s was preparing the foundation edition of the Linguasphere Register of the world's languages & speech communities (LSR1), published in 1999-2000 as the first classified listing of over 20,000 varieties of human speech and writing; in 1995 he returned to Wales, where the Observatoire linguistique (Linguasphere Observatory) is currently based)
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1993-09-27: new
2022-01-13: revised
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