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https://navajotimes.com/ae/culture/uw-alumnus-and-dine-scientist-co-finds-project-enable-a-new-navajo-english-dictionary-for-scientific-terms/>
"What are the words for bacteria and DNA in the Diné language?
They are ch’osh doo yit’íinii and iiná bitł’óól, respectively.
Project Enable, an online dictionary resource that launched in 2021, has done
the work to provide not just one translation but 250 scientific terms and
concepts from English into Navajo.
Project Enable is co-founded by Sterling Martin, Joanna Bundus, and Susana
Wadgymar, a team of biologists who met at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and the University of Toronto in Canada. In 2019, they brainstormed how to
merge their science worlds with the Navajo community.
Project Enable stands for “Enriching Navajo as a Biology Language for
Education” and encourages the use of Diné Bizaad by providing the Navajo
community with new and updated scientific terms while also providing the
opportunity to fuse traditional knowledge with current scientific concepts.
The project supports language preservation and revitalization efforts and
invites those interested in science to participate in the global scientific
community or with their families."
Via
The Fixer February 8, 2023:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
