Comprehensive documentation of two dialects of endangered SHE language in China, with traditional Environment Knowledge (TEK) vocabulary and discourse centred
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).
| She language(shx) is a minority language, spoken in a few villages within Luofu Mountains (23°13'N,114°02'E) and Lianhua Mountains (23°03'N,115°10'E) in South China. It has about 1500 speakers(2010). Many teenagers switch to a Chinese dialect Hakka, with disfluent SHE, having forgotten most of the words and expressions of Traditional Environment Knowledge(TEK), which are now recalled only by some old men. The project makes a comprehensive documentation of SHE's two dialects, include phonological system, morpheme-syllables, a large set of words and expressions, syntactic sampling sentences, everyday sentences, and large varieties of discourses, especially focusing upon the vocabulary and discourse in the context of TEK. All the digital data can be applied to language teaching, linguistic research and other potential uses. |
Project Details
Location: China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Jinan University
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 10,000 GBP
Commencement Date: 01/2013
Project Status: Completed
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