The Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) is a digital repository preserving and publishing endangered language documentation materials from around the world. The materials we hold are digital, and are freely available (after free registration).
ELAR was originally funded by Arcadia
and is part of the Library
of SOAS University of London.
Click a region above to view browsable collections. To see all collections, click 'Search' at the centre.
Zapal, an oral literature genre of the Bunaq Lamaknen
Antoinette Schapper
Documentation of Bunaq, a Papuan language of the the Timor-Alor-Pantar family....
Documentation and Description of the Hrusso Aka Language of Arunachal Pradesh
Vijay D'Souza
This is a collection of language resources in the form of Audio, video and text materials in Hrusso Aka....
Tonsawang: a collaborative multimedia project documenting an endangered language of North Sulawesi
Timothy Brickell
Documenting the Tonsawang/Tombatu language of Indonesia....
Documentation of fishing practices among the Dwang
James Essegbey
Documentation of the fishing practices of the Dwang communities who live around the south of the Volta Lake....
Kofán Collaborative Project: Collection of Audio-Video Materials and Texts
Scott AnderBois
This collection, representing A'ingae (also known as Kofán and Cofán) as spoken in Zábalo, Ecuador, consists of high quality audio and video record...
Documenting Seenku (Mande, Burkina Faso) language and music, with special attention to tone
Laura McPherson
Audio and video recordings of spoken Seenku as well as the musical adaptation of Seenku, both through sung texts and instrumental surrogate languages,...
Investigating an undocumented sign language in a Chatino speech/sign community
Lynn Hou
Linguistic and sociolinguistic documentation of Chatino Sign, an undocumented emergent sign language....
Videography-Based Documentation of Kere (Papua New Guinea) in Sociocultural Perspective
Andrea Berez
Kere is a Chimbu-Waghi language of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea....
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Anyone can browse the ELAR catalogue of endangered language collections and can learn about the materials ELAR holds.
To listen and watch the recordings in the collections you need to register as a user and agree to the Terms and Conditions of using ELAR. Registration is free, and after registration all materials are openly accessible to you. Some sensitive materials require special access permissions, and as a registered user you can apply for access to these resources.
To apply for an account, you must provide your real name. We do not allow anonymous accounts or fictitious identities. Accounts for ordinary user access are automatically granted on application.
If you forgot your username or password, please contact elararchive@soas.ac.uk