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Our
Vision....
Language Resource
Online! is dedicated to being the "middleware"
or "conexus" that brings technology, language and
culture together in a meaningful and relevant manner.
We believe that language skills are a fundamental
neccessity for global economic development and cultural
tolerance. Through the promotion of language
and culture technologies we strive to create demand
for language applications through awareness and knowledge
transfer.
We
expect market forces (competition) to drive continuing
innovation, ultimately providing anyone, present,
or future, the ability to learn any language.
These same technology innovations will make it possible
to save and archive ancient languages, indigenous
languages and current contemporary languages. Applications
will allow us to save more than the artifacts of the
language, they will allow us to archive the ability
to teach the language digitally and interactively.
Language Resource
Online! seeks to extend the function of The Rosetta
Stone beyond understanding the hieroglyphics
of Ancient Egypt. We seek to promote a knowledge
and market exchange that facilitates the permanent
archival of all languages and thus a permanent record
of the cultures they embody.
The
website is designed to provide vistors with a specific
interest in language the means to navigate and quickly
locate relevant and valuable information about language
related products and services. Our primary goals
are:
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Promote
awareness of endangered indigenous languages and
cultural preservation efforts.
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Locate
and present the highest quality, innovative language and
culture technology applications available
worldwide.
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Provide
direction to companies and organizations seeking
language solutions
We
hope you find the language resource you are looking
for. If you are absolutely "stumped" feel free
to drop us a note and we'll see if we can help you
turn something up. Contact
Us
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a year after their victory in Battle of the Pyramids
which prefaced the French occupation of Egypt and subsequent
studies of ancient Egyptian intellectual treasures and
artifacts. The Rosetta Stone yielded a "middleware"
solution to the top scientific researchers of the era.
The stone (basalt) had engraved upon its face three
sets of inscriptions written in three separate and distinct
languages. Two were reasonably well known and the grammatical
rules and structures of those languages could be identified
and catalogued. It was found that both sets of
these writings said basically the same thing. The third
language was hieroglyphics. Researchers at this
time were making many extraordinary discoveries throughout
Egypt. They felt they were discovering the scientific
and mathematical marvels of ancient Egypt, however, most
of the information was contained in hieroglyphics and
thus remained mostly a mystery. By identifying
relative, contextual similarities between the first
two sets of writing in the two languages, researchers
(many over many years) were able to extrapolate the
inferred meanings of the hieroglyphic characters.
Thus the Rosetta Stone was the functional conexus or
"middleware" that provided researchers with a tool to
understand the recorded history and scientific achievements
of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
