Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
To establish a grants programme that funds projects to document endangered languages and to train linguists in documentation methods. The digitized materials are available for free online.
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) was founded in 2002 at SOAS, University of London as part of the Hans Rausing Endangered Language Project with a donation of £20 million from the Arcadia Fund. In 2021, the programme moved to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). Arcadia is a charitable fund helps people to record cultural heritage, to conserve and restore nature, and to promote open access to knowledge.
Project Details
Location: Worldwide
Organiser(s):
SOAS, University of London, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: $71,603,645
Commencement Date: 01/2002
Project Status: Active
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