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.
Kuuk Thaayorre, Wik Yi’anh, Kugu Muminh, Koko Bera, Wik Mungkan
Alice Gaby
Documenting five highly endangered Paman languages of Cape York Peninsula (Australia): Kugu Muminh, Kuku Thaypan, Umbuygamu, Umpila, and Wik Ngathan....
Paman languages: Umpithamu, Morrobolam, Mbarrumbathama
Jean-Christophe Verstraete
Audio, video and transcriptions of texts and elicitation in Umpithamu, Morrobolam and Mbarrumbathama. Speakers are Mrs Florrie Bassani, Mr Bobby Stewa...
Tonsawang: a collaborative multimedia project documenting an endangered language of North Sulawesi
Timothy Brickell
Documenting the Tonsawang/Tombatu language of Indonesia....
The Enxet documentation project
John Elliott
Enxet Sur is an Enlhet-Enenlhet (Maskoyan) language of roughly 4,000 speakers spread across several communities in the department of Presidente Hayes ...
Ninde documentation and orthographic design project
Caroline Crouch
Documentation of Ninde, Central Malekula language of Vanuatu....
Nana Agyeman
Audio, video and text corpus of Effutu, a severely under-documented Guang (Kwa) language from coastal Ghana....
Peter Sercombe
Documentation includes word lists, stories, articles relating to Eastern Penan circumstances (especially, but not only, regarding language and languag...
Paman languages: Kuku Thaypan, Awu Alaya
Bruce Rigsby
Documentation of five highly endangered Paman languages of Cape York Peninsula (Australia): Kugu Muminh, Kuku Thaypan, Umbuygamu, Umpila, and Wik Ngat...
Documentation of Zauzou, an endangered language in China
Yu Li
A collection of audio and video recordings of Zauzou, a Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China, including annotated and unannotated Zauzou discouse,...
Paman languages: Umpila, Kuuku Ya’u, Kaanju
Clair Hill
Documenting five highly endangered Paman languages of Cape York Peninsula (Australia): Kugu Muminh, Kuku Thaypan, Umbuygamu, Umpila, and Wik Ngathan....
Pierric Sans
Documentation and description in an attempt to classify Bésiro, spoken by the Chiquitanos in the Bolivian lowlands....
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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