A first appraisal of Bainouk and its main contact language Mandinka
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).
| The project consists of a sociolinguistic survey of the highly endangered Atlantic language Bainouk, and a first step towards its documentation, taking into account the main contact language Mandinka. With about 6,000 speakers in the Upper Casamance region of Senegal and in neighbouring Gambia, Bainouk is a highly endangered language. Speakers of Bainouk have been bilingual in Mandinka for such a long time that bilingualism is an integral part of their identity. Following economic and linguistic pressure on the Bainouk, they are giving up their established bilingualism and shift to Mandinka and regionally and nationally dominant languages. |
Project Details
Location: Senegal, Western Africa, Africa
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): SOAS University of London
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 5,930.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 01/2008
Project Status: Completed
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