Asia | Culture in Crisis

Documenting Konda and Kais: two endangered and less-known Trans-New Guinea languages of South Bird's Head of New Guinea

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Documentation of five Zoquean languages spoken in Mexico: Chiapas Zoque, Jitotoltec, San Miguel Chimalapa, Santa Maria Chimalapa, Highland Popoluca

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Documentation of the Cosao and Labe Languages Related to Wild Mushrooms with Traditional Biological and Ecological Knowledge in Yunnan, China

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create mult…

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Projects in Asia

Documenting Konda and Kais: two endangered and less-known Trans-New Guinea languages of South Bird's Head of New Guinea

Documentation of five Zoquean languages spoken in Mexico: Chiapas Zoque, Jitotoltec, San Miguel Chimalapa, Santa Maria Chimalapa, Highland Popoluca

Documentation of the Cosao and Labe Languages Related to Wild Mushrooms with Traditional Biological and Ecological Knowledge in Yunnan, China

Caijia: Cross-dialectal Documentation of A Highly Endangered Language in Guizhou Province of China

Investigation of an endangered village sign language in India: a pilot study

Documentation of the language and lifestyle of the Galesh, province of Golestan, Iran

Documentation of Chuxnaban Mixe: texts, dictionary, and grammar

Preservation of the spoken language of Iraqi Jews

Documenting the Mandaeans' rituals