Documentation of Animere in Kecheibi and Kunda
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).
| This project aims to comprehensively document Animere as used in two villages in Oti,Ghana: Kecheibi (NkwantaSouth) and Kunda (KrachiEast). Animere is not being learnt by children. Speaker numbers have decreased to only 17 (12 Kecheibi; 5 Kunda), all above 50 years. In each site there are mainly five named languages in daily use: Animere, Adele Twi, Ewe, English. We propose to document Animere in the two multilingual ecologies recording, representing, and analysing lexicon, grammar and speech patterns based on the performance of cultural activities: oral genres, conversations, and narratives |
Project Details
Location: Ghana, Western Africa, Africa
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Accra College of Education
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 79,770.00 EUR
Commencement Date: 02/2025
Project Status: Active
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