Waata Language Documentation
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).
| Waata is an endangered Cushitic language spoken by an estimated 20,100 speakers (Eberhard, Simons, & Fennig, 2021). The speakers are spread in Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The Waata found in Kenya are estimated to be 13000 speakers (2009 census). They live in scattered territorial groups (Bassi1997, Cerulli 1922, Stiles 1981), along the Tana and Galana rivers, in the Taru desert, along the Kenyan Coast and in Isiolo and Marsabit Districts. The Waata native speakers of Gedi, are eager to preserve their language and culture and this is where the proposed language documentation will take place. |
Project Details
Location: Kilifi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Eastern Africa, Africa
Organiser(s):
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
Project partner(s): Pwani University
Funder(s):
Arcadia
Funding received: 9,859.00 EUR
Commencement Date: 07/2023
Project Status: Active
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