A pan-dialectal documentation of Wik-Ngatharr, Cape York Peninsula, Australia
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 aim of the project is to document Wik-Ngatharr (also called Wik-Ngatharra, Wik-Alkanha or Wik-Elken), an endangered Paman language variety spoken in Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Documentation of Wik-Ngatharr with the last generation of speakers will supplement ongoing research on the related language, Wik-Ngathan, by Professor Peter Sutton to develop further understanding of variation in the languages of the Wik region and their use. The applicant will work collaboratively with the Wik-Ngatharr community to create a representative corpus of transcribed, translated and annotated digital audio and video material, as a basis for further descriptive and community-orientated work. |
Project Details
Location: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): SOAS University of London
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 9,987.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 11/2007
Project Status: Completed
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