Endangered oral traditions in the Andes and the Amazon: collaborative documentation of two Quechuan languages of Ecuador
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 is a collaborative documentation of two Quechuan languages of Ecuador: Upper Napo Kichwa and Tungurahua Kichwa. These endangered varieties are located in relative proximity, yet are spoken in different ecosystems: the Amazon and the Andes. The project focuses on documenting culture-particular genres of verbal art, particularly threatened by imminent language shift and loss. The project is a collaboration between the grantee and native speaker researchers. It emphasises capacity building among native speakers, including knowledge transfer from Upper Napo Kichwa speakers who have previously worked on documenting their language, to speakers of Tungurahua, whose language still has no documentation. |
Project Details
Location: Ecuador, South America, Americas
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Universitat de Valencia
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 107,510.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 12/2020
Project Status: Active
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