A Documentation of the Zok Language (otherwise known as the Agulis dialect of Armenian)
The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual collections with transcription and translations of endangered languages and practices. These collections are preserved and made freely available through the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR).
| Zok is a form of Armenian that is so divergent that it has been classified as a separate language. It was originally spoken in Nakhijevan (present-day Azerbaijan). The last Armenians of Nakhijevan were displaced by conflict in 1988. There are thought to be less than 1,000 remaining speakers of this dialect. This project will produce an audiovisual corpus of texts, a grammar, including information from previously unrecorded subdialects, and vocabulary lists. An online presence will be created in collaboration with the community, and material may be contributed to existing resources on the history and culture of the Armenians of Nakhijevan. |
Project Details
Location: Armenia, Central Asia, Asia
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): University of Cambridge: Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languagesa
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 98,588.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 05/2021
Project Status: Completed
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