Ceq Wong and Mah Meri: the documentation of two Aslian languages of the Malay Peninsula 

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide to for the linguistic documentation of endangered language and knowledge. Grantees create multimedia collection of endangered languages. These collections are preserved and made freely available through the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) housed at the library of SOAS University of London.

Documentation of Ceq Wong, producing a comprehensive grammatical description, trilingual dictionary and text collection. Documentation of Mah Meri will produce a shorter grammar, text collection and pan-dialect dictionary. Primary investigator: Nicole Kruspe

Project Details

Location: Malaysia, South-Eastern Asia, Asia Organiser(s): Endangered Languages Documentation Programme Project partner(s): The University of Melbourne Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: £75,357.00 Commencement Date: 01/2001
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