Documentation of Reyesano, an almost extinct language of Bolivia (South America).
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).
The project is to undertake linguistic documentation of Reyesano, the most endangered and least known language of the Takana family from the Amazonian rainforests of northern Bolivia and eastern Peru.Takana languages are of tremendous interest for linguistics (similar to many Amazonian languages, they present many typologically unusual features) and also for the history of South American languages and populations.
Primary investigator: Antoine Guillaume
Project Details
Location: Bolivia, South America, Americas
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): CNRS - Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage (DDL), Université Lyon 2
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £55,124.00
Commencement Date: 01/2000
Project Status: Completed
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