The Maku’a Pilot Project

Aone van Engelenhoven, Leiden University

Project Details:

Pilot Project Grant. Duration: 2003-2003. £3,950

Project Summary:

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.