A text documentation of N|uu

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 aims at a fuller text documentation of N|uu, the last South African San language and the only surviving member of the !Ui branch of the isolate family Tuu. The language is highly endangered, because only less than 10 elderly speakers are known at present. The team is planned to consist of three graduate students and the applicant. One graduate student and the applicant are familiar with Khoisan linguistics as well as with current language documentation practice. The project will closely collaborate with the community, the NGO coordinating community work, and the scholars previously engaged with linguistic research. Primary investigator: Tom Gueldemann

Project Details


Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa Organiser(s): Endangered Languages Documentation Programme Project partner(s): Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: £82,300.00 Commencement Date: 01/2003 Project Status: Completed
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