Documentation and sociophonetic description of the varieties of Yuhup spoken in Colombia
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).
Yuhup is a Naduhup language spoken by approximately 500 people in the northwest Amazon. The language is at risk due to dramatic population decline since the 1960s and increased contact with neighboring groups and Spanish speakers. This project aims to document and describe the varieties of Yuhup spoken in Colombia. The expected outcomes include an audio/video corpus of at least 80 hours of natural speech, 10 hours of which will be in ELAN/FLEX; 20 hours of elicited speech; a sociolinguistic survey, an illustrated dictionary of the Yuhup varieties; training; and a Ph.D. dissertation that offers a sociophonetic analysis of tone and laryngealization.
Primary investigator: Nelsy Orjuela
Project Details
Location: Colombia, Cuba, Colombia, Caribbean, South America, Americas
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): The University of Texas at Austin
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £75,136.00
Commencement Date: 01/2015
Project Status: Active
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