Pangloss Collection

A sound archive with synchronized transcriptions For the science of linguistics, language is first and foremost spoken language. The medium of spoken language is sound. The Pangloss Collection gives access to original recordings simultaneously with transcriptions and translations, as a resource for further research. After being recorded in its cultural context, texts have been transcribed in collaboration with native speakers. A structured, open architecture The archived data is based on robust standards, as open architecture, in an open format, and may be downloaded under a Creative Commons license. The software used to prepare and disseminate it is open-source. The Pangloss Collection is a member of the Digital Endangered Languages and Music Archive Network (DELAMAN). Its hosting platform, the Cocoon repository, is one of the archives participating in the OLAC network. == History ==

The collection was initially called the LACITO Archive. The project originated in 1996 from the collaboration of Boyd Michailovsky, linguist at LACITO, with John B. Lowe, engineer; they were later joined by Michel Jacobson, engineer, who developed some tools for the project, and brought it online. The archive has grown steadily since the early 2000s, incorporating corpora from various linguists, whether members of LACITO or not. In 2009, the archive had 200 recordings in 45 languages. In 2014, the (newly renamed) Pangloss Collection had recordings in 70 languages. in 196 languages and dialects, totalling 780 hours of audio and video recordings. As of 2024, the archive claimed “1,180 hours of audio and video recordings in about 200 languages spoken in forty-three countries”. == References ==