Proposals Endangered Languages from April, 2014
Peru: Living Testimonies of Amazonian Migrants in Lima.
The project will provide a platform through blogs, YouTube and Facebook for speakers of at least 4 Amazonian languages in Peru. Currently, there is quite limited presence of the Asháninka,...
Cyprus: In the Footsteps of a Dying Dialect
This project is a participatory audio and visual documentary about the dying dialect of Kormakitis village in Cyprus. We hope to show the need for a solution to the Cyprus...
USA: Against the Current: Language Capture Project
Urgent times are upon my UmoNhoN (against the current) people. There are approximately 5000 tribal members within our rural reservation community, and amongst us, less than 10 fluent speakers remain....
Mexico: Zapotecan Zaachila Language Documentation and Revitalization
There are not accessible grammars or dictionaries of Zaachila. Our research group has the aim to document and revitalize the language through the oral literature in a series of workshops,...
Mexico: Videoblog of History and Oral Mayan Tradition
Portal with videos of life stories, legends and traditions from Mayan speakers of Campeche. This project proposes to register a part of the Mayan oral culture. This will be through...
Nigeria: Tweet Yoruba
The project provides a platform on twitter for speakers of Yoruba in Nigeria and around the world. Like the famous @sweden project, the twitter account @TweetYoruba will feature a new...
