Documentation of Ehueun Language and River Worship
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).
Kiong (ISO 639-3 kkm) also called Kayon is a moribund Upper Cross River language spoken in Odukpani and Akampka, Nigeria which according to ethnologue has an ethnic population of 570. It is a cross-border language that is largely endangered by the prevalence of Efik on it. There is a great bombardment of Efik on the culture and language of Kiong that we already have a case of cultural onslaught where festivals in Kiong are done using Efik. The language is at the verge of losing entirely the language and culture if documentation is not quickly done.
Primary investigator: Oluwakayode Komolafe
Project Details
Location: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): University of Ibadan
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £8,412.00
Commencement Date: 01/2015
Project Status: Active
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