A preliminary documentation of Siluyana: comparing Mbowe and Mwenyi

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).

This project provides a preliminary documentation of Mbowe and Mwenyi (14°S, 22°E) of the Siluyana dialect cluster in the Western Province of Zambia. The main dialect Luyi is no longer spoken with only 3 rememberers remaining. Mbowe has 2,690 speakers and Mwenyi an estimated 6,000. Documentation will produce audio and video data of different speech genres and create archival data providing a database for future documentation of the cluster. Documenting these two languages will provide key evidence for understanding the dynamics of language and identity in the area in both its historical and structural dimensions. Primary investigator: Nancy C Kula

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Location: Zambia, Eastern Africa, Africa Organiser(s): Endangered Languages Documentation Programme Project partner(s): University of Essex Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: £9,976.00 Commencement Date: 01/2007 Project Status: Active
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