Linguistic documentation of Pingilapese language

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 will document Pingilapese, a language spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers mainly in the Federated States of Micronesia. To date there has been very little documentation of Pingilapese, apart from a brief grammar sketch by Good and Welley (1989). The language has no writing conventions and is in a fragile situation caused by the emigration of Pingilapese from their original homeland and by tremendous pressure from English (the national language) and Pohnpeian (the state language). From this project, practical materials - a description of the language and the literacy materials - will be developed. Primary investigator: Ryoko Hattori

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Location: Micronesia, Micronesian Region, Oceania Organiser(s): Endangered Languages Documentation Programme Project partner(s): University of Hawai'I at Manoa Funder(s): Arcadia Funding received: £8,473.00 Commencement Date: 01/2002 Project Status: Completed
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