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Endangered Languages Projects

Grants awarded in 2007

Lead ApplicantsProject titleHost InstitutionFunding UK£
Major Documentation Projects
Elena Kalinina Documentation of endangered Tungusic languages of Khabarovskij Kraj Moscow State University 41,670 
John Bowden Documentation of three dialects of Helong: an endangered language of eastern Indonesia Australian National University 32,410 
Anthony Woodbury Documentation of Chatino, an Otomanguean language group of Oaxaca, Mexico University of Texas at Austin 110,787 
Kristine Stenzel Documentation of two Eastern Tukanoan languages: Wanano and Waikhana (Piratapuyo) Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 113,944 
Tom Güldemann A text documentation of N|uu Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany 82,300 
Kansakar Linguistic and ethnographic documentation of the Baram language  Tribhuvan university 76,000 
Bernard Comrie Documentation of Enets: digitization and analysis of legacy field materials and fieldwork with last speakers Max Planck Institute 128,188 
Gilles Polian Documenting endangered Tseltal cultural activities: an Ethnographic and Discursive Audiovisual Corpus CIESAS-SURESTE 71,363 
Tucker Childs Documenting the Krim and Bom Languages of Sierre Leone (DKB) Portland State University 107,057 
Individual Postgraduate Fellowships
Graziano Sava Documentation of Ongota Universita degli Studi di Napoli "l'Orientale" 56,418 
Victoria Nyst Langue des Signes Malienne: documentation and description Leiden University 82,743 
Gerardo Barbera Linguistic Documentation of Garuwi SOAS 93,567 
Anna Bugaeva Documentation of the Saru dialect of Ainu Chiba University 71,225 
Pilot Project Grants
Friederike Luepke  A first appraisal of Bainouk and its main contact language Mandinka SOAS 5,930 
Nariyo Kono  Natural Discourse of the warm Springs Last Speaker of Kiksht Portland State University 5,998 
Mark Janse Documentation and Description of Cappadocian (Asia Minor Greek) University of Patras 6,000 
Individual Graduate Studentships
Radu Voica Documentation of Blablanga, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands SOAS 29,280 
Gwendolyn Hyslop Documenting Kurtoep in a Historical Perspective: a Grammar, Dictionary and Texts University of Oregon 29,897 
Kay Johnson Documentation of Seke (Ske) - an undescribed and endangered language of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu SOAS 29,550 
Anja Moemeke-Choon Documentation of Ayere, an endangered and undocumented minority language of the Nigerian Middle Belt SOAS 29,659 
Ross Perlin Documentation and description of Dulong SOAS 32,305 
Sophie Rendina Documentation and Description of Numčč, an endangered language of Southernmost New Caledonia SOAS 45,345 
Zarina Molochieva Documentation and grammatical description of Chechen including the Cheberloi dialect University of Leipzig 14,919 
Field Trip Grants
Ruth Singer Mawng Dictionary Project University of Melbourne 10,000 
Sophie Salffner Documentation and description of Ikaan, a language in Southern Nigeria SOAS 6,095 
Rafael Fischer Documentation of A'inage (Cofan) University of Amsterdam 9,569 
Ana Kondic Documentation and Description of the South Eastern Huastec, a Mayan Language from Veracruz, Mexico University of Sydney 9,926 
Claire Ramsey Transmission and Continuity of Mexican Sign Language The Regents of the University of California (San Diego) 9,995 
Laura Dimock Documentation and Description of the Nahavaq Language Victoria University of Wellington 5,646 
Andrey Filchenko Multimedia documentation of the endangered Vasyugan and Alexandrovo Khanty dialects of Tomsk region in Siberia Tomsk State Pedagogical University 11,215 
Raquel Yamada Kari'nja Dictionary and Video Documentation University of Oregon 5,820 
Carmel O'Shannessey Documentation of Traditional Warlpiri Ceremony Regents of the University of Michigan 5,741 
Gabor Szekely Linguistic Fieldwork in Northern-Ural: A Comprehensive Documentation and Description of Upper-Lozva Mansi Language University of Pecs 10,000 
Louise Ashmore A Pan-dialectal documentation of Wik-Ngatharr, Cape York Peninsula School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 9,987 
Total amount awarded:1,390,549

The figures shown do not reflect any subsequent alterations to grants or any other commitments made by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme.