Documentation of the Pan-Kawahiva Diversity: Lexicon, Grammar, Texts, and Verbal Arts
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 documents Juma, Parintintin, and Jupaú, three dialects among eight in the pan-Kawahíva, a Tupí-Guaraní language complex in Brazil. While the speaker population of Kawahíva is around 560 speakers, only three individuals speak Juma, about 60 speak Jupaú, and less than 20 speak Parintintin. In all cases, the speakers are middle-aged adults and elders. ÿþThe outcomes will be recordings of wordlists, various grammatical phenomena, and verbal arts; transcriptions and annotations; language materials for the community; and training of a Parintintin community documenter. |
Project Details
Location: Brazil, South America, Americas
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): The University of Texas at Austin - Office of Sponsored Projects
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 164,879.00 EUR
Commencement Date: 08/2024
Project Status: Active
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