Documentation of Pela and Language contact between Pela and Zaiwa in lexical and syntactic borrowings
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 works with local communities to document and describe the definitely endangered Pela language and its contact with Zaiwa. The researcher is a native speaker of these two Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Chinese state-designated Jingpo minority in Yunnan, south-west China. Audio, video and photographic records will pay special attention to endangered genres such as religious ritual and folk stories. This data will be used to describe the influence of Zaiwa on Pela lexicon and syntax. Research materials will be documented in a PhD thesis and shared with local communities and authorities in Chinese and English open-access publications. |
Project Details
Location: China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): SOAS University of Londona
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 59,845.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 01/2013
Project Status: Completed
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