Documenting endangered sign languages in Java and Bali
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).
| We document two endangered signed languages: ISCENDO and ISLABALI. ISCENDO emerged in Indonesia's first deaf school (Cicendo) founded in Bandung, West Java in 1930. This critically endangered yet undocumented language is used by only 20-30 deaf people who attended the school in the 1950s and 1960s, before BISINDO (the national sign language) became prevalent. ISLABALI, used by older deaf signers across Bali, is severely endangered, as younger signers use a mix of BISINDO, SIBI (a sign system) and international sign languages acquired through contact with deaf tourists. Documentation is conducted by deaf and hearing Indonesians to build research capacity in-country. |
Project Details
Location: Bali, Indonesia, India, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Asia
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): University of Central Lancashire
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 91,463.00 EUR
Commencement Date: 01/2023
Project Status: Active
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