Rosetta Project
The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone. Run by the Long Now Foundation, the project aims to create a survey and near-permanent archive of 1,500 languages that can enable comparative linguistic research and education and might help recover or revitalize lost languages in the future.
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One goal of the project is the three-inch nickel Rosetta Disk, on which will be etched 13,000 microscopic pages of text. | |
| Mission statement | The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages. |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of project | Archival of human languages |
| Products | Rosetta Disk |
| Status | Active |
| Website | rosettaproject |
The project works through an open-contribution, open-review process similar to the one that created the Oxford English Dictionary. The archive will be publicly available in three media: a HD-Rosetta micro-etched nickel alloy disc three inches (7.62 cm) across with a 2,000-year life expectancy; a single-volume monumental reference book; and a growing online archive.