There are close to 7,000 languages spoken around the world today. Yet, sadly, every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker, and it is predicted that between 50% and 90% of endangered languages will disappear by next century. When a community loses a language, it loses its connection to the past and part of its present. It loses a piece of its identity. As Microsoft thinks about protecting this heritage and the importance of preserving language, it believes that new technology can help.<\/p>\n
For the past 14 years, Microsoft has been collaborating with te reo Mori experts and Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mori (the Mori Language Commission) to weave te reo Mori into the technology that thousands of Kiwis use every day with the goal of ensuring it remains a living language with a strong future. The collaboration has already resulted in translations of Minecraft educational resources and it recently commissioned a game immersed entirely in the traditional Mori world, Ng Motu (The Islands).<\/p>\n
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