The language of material culture in Baïnounk Gubëëher
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).
| I propose a pilot study of the vocabulary and linguistic practices associated with material culture in Gubëëher, one of the three principal Baïnounk languages. This language group is spoken in the Casamance region of southern Senegal. Surviving in only one village with about 500 inhabitants, Gubëëher is threatened by rural exodus and concomitant shift to other languages, motivated by climate change and political unrest. Migration also has repercussions on the social organisation and language use in the village. Many cultural practices are rapidly changing, and with them the language linked, so that it is timely to document this knowledge now. |
Project Details
Location: Senegal, Western Africa, Africa
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Universite Cheikh Diop
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Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 5,986.00 GBP
Commencement Date: 09/2011
Project Status: Completed
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