PuntuLLI
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PuntuLLI is an association that promotes the creation of a top level domain in the Domain Name System
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...

 of the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 for the Leonese language
Leonese language
The Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...

 and culture.

Objectives

PuntuLLI has three main efforts:
  • To promote the .lli throughout the Internet as a domain in its own right which represents the Leonese culture expressed in our language.

  • To present an official petition before the ICANN
    ICANN
    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...

     (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers) regarding the recognition of .lli, raising the funds necessary to this end.

  • To gain the support of Leonese institutions, associations, groups and private individuals for a domain of our own on the Internet.


More than 800 people were added as of April 2009, and 44 organisations that supported the campaign.

Activities

PuntuLLI was the official sponsor of the I Campionatu de Bandas de Gaitas de País Llïonés (2008) (Ist Leonese Country Bagpipe Bands Championship) and the official supporter of the III Día de la Llingua Llïonesa (2008) (IIIrd Leonese Language Day
Leonese Language Day
Leonese Language Day is a celebration for promoting the Leonese language developed in the city of Llión, province of Llión, Spain...

).

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