The Maku'a Pilot Project: documenting an enigmatic moribund language in East Timor
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 intends to: collect and edit all existing material on Maku'a in Portugal and in East Timor; assess the quantity and quality of remaining speakers in and around Tutuala (East Timor); assess the feasibility of Maku'a in a larger endangered languages documentation project under preparation in East Timor, the Tasi-Feto Project.
Primary investigator: Aone van Engelenhoven
Project Details
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Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Leiden University
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: £3,950.00
Commencement Date: 01/1999
Project Status: Active
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