Description and documentation of the Kakabe language
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).
Kakabe (kke) is a little known Mande language, spoken in Guinea, Fouta-Jallon (4100 speakers according to ethnologue). Its future is severely threatened by the increasing use of Pular. The project aims to produce a representative corpus of annotated texts (audio and video), a reference grammar and two dictionaries (Kakabe-English and Kakabe-French). It will also involve the development of written standards for the language, and the preparation of texts that will be made accessible to the community. The project will be conducted within the framework of my PhD programme in Field Linguistics.
Primary investigator: Alexandra Vydrina
Project Details
Location: Guinea
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): CNRS - Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique noire (LLACAN - UMR 8135), Paris Villejuif
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £62,536.00
Commencement Date: 01/2009
Project Status: Completed
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