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.
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Sakine Ramat
Zerenkel is an undocumented and endangered language of Chad....
A linguistic description of Arammba, an endangered language of Southern New Guinea.
Emil Mittag
Arammba is an endangered language spoken by less than 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea....
Documenting the Bafut (Grassfields Bantu, Cameroon) Royal Honorific System
Ayu'nwi Ngwabe Neba
Documenting the Bafut (Grassfields Bantu, Cameroon) Royal Honorific system, a lesser-documented register used by Bafut speakers when addressing member...
Documenting the Sherbro language and culture of Sierra Leone
Tucker Childs
Sherbro is spoken on Sherbro Island and nearby coastal areas of Sierra Leone....
Andrey Filchenko
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Deposit_Deposit A comprehensive documentation of Bine - a language of Southern New Guinea
Christian Döhler
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Catriona Hyslop Malau
15 hours of recordings in the Vurës language, including some transcribed, time-aligned, and translated texts....
A grammar of Monsang, an endangered language of Manipur, India
Linda Konnerth
Monsang, a Tibeto-Burman Northwestern Kuki-Chin language spoken by about 2,000 people across six villages in northeast India....
Two Mayan Languages: Uspanteko and Sakapulteko
Nora England
Uspanteko and Sakapulteko materials collected between 2003 and 2006 by a linguist and two community researchers for each language....
Documentation of Negidal, a nearly extinct Northern Tungusic language of the Lower Amur
Brigitte Pakendorf
This project focuses on the documentation of Negidal, a highly moribund Northern Tungusic language nowadays spoken by only a handful of individuals on...
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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.
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