Fieldwork for the documentation of Desano - Eastern Tukanoan
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 goal of this project is to undertake fieldwork to document Desano, an endangered Eastern Tukanoan language. Desano is spoken in both Brazil and Colombia; this project, for various practical reasons, concentrates on the Brazilian groups. According to FOIRN, the official indigenous organization in the region, Desano has an estimate of 800 speakers in Brazil in some 50 communities spread along tributaries of the PapurÃ
Primary investigator: Wilson Silva
Project Details
Location: Brazil, South America, Brazil, Americas, United States of America
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): University of Utah
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £3,715.00
Commencement Date: 01/2004
Project Status: Completed
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