Documentation of Korebaju, Tama and Macaguaje, three Western Tukanoan Lects from Northwest Amazonia
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).
| Korebaju is a Western Tukanaoan language, spoken in the Caqueta Department of Colombia, along the banks of the Orteguaza, Peneya and Consaya rivers, at the foothills of the Amazonian Andes. This language is currently spoken by an estimated 2000 people and is distributed in 25 villages. This community has 4 dialectal variations due to the historical union of four distinct communities (Korebaju, Tama, Carijona and Macaguaje). This project aims to document two dialectal variations of Korebaju (Tama and Korebaju) and a preliminary corpora of Macaguaje a language assumed to be extinct but with one alleged last speaker. This will take place together with the active participation and linguistic training of the community members that will part of the language documentation team and the consultants. The outcomes will be a digital material of transcriptions, translations and analysses of audio and audiovisual recordings of different genres as linguistic corpora, chants, myths, ritual performances and dances. |
Project Details
Location: Colombia, South America, Americas
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Université Grenoble Alpes - GIPSA-lab
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 9,930.00 EUR
Commencement Date: 10/2022
Project Status: Active
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