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.
Documentation of Jowshaqani, a Central Iranian language
Esfandiar Taheri
The project will document Jowshaqani, a Central Iranian language spoken in Jowshaqan township in northern Isfahan province in Iran. With 3500 inhabita...
The Gorwaa Noun Phrase: Toward a Description of the Gorwaa Language
Andrew Harvey
Gorwaa is an undocumented language, spoken by approximately 15,000 individuals in Babati District, Manyara Region, Tanzania....
Digitization of Oswin Köhler's analogue audio recordings of endangered or moribund Khoisan languages
Gertrud Boden
Audio recordings of various Khoisan and neighbouring Bantu languages in Southern Africa recorded in the 1950s through 1990s by German Professor for Af...
Documenting Burarra dialectal variation within the multilingual ecology of north-central Arnhem Land
Jill Vaughan
Documentation of variation in Burarra, a Maningridan language spoken in north-central Arnhem Land, Australia. Deposit focuses on naturalistic language...
Frank Seidel
Documentation of Nalu, an endangered Atlantic language spoken on the littorals of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau....
Sidney Facundes
Preliminary documentation of the Apurinã language (Arawak) grammar, with vocabulary and texts...
Documenting Nalögo, an Oceanic language of Santa Cruz Island
Valentina Alfarano
This deposit contains a primary documentation of Nalögo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Cruz Island in the Solomon Islands. The collection incl...
Documentation and revitalization of Tofa: fieldwork with the last speakers
Arzhaana Syuryun
Documenting phonetic and grammatical variation of the present-day Tofa language spoken in Irkutsk Oblast', Russia....
Lisa Conathan
English-Arapaho and Arapaho-English analytical and cultural dictionary with morphological analysis, etymology (Proto-Algonquian and Proto-Algic roots)...
Initial Documentation of Na'ahai, a language of Malakula, Vanuatu
Anastasia Riehl
Documentation of Na'ahai in the form of a basic grammatical sketch as well as a transcribed and translated collection of audio and video recordings of...
Throughout the site you see ELAR's access protocol categories, like this: O U S . Materials marked as O U S can be accessed by anyone, even users who have not registered with ELAR. Materials marked as O U S can be accessed by any registered user of ELAR who has agreed to the Terms and Conditions of using ELAR. Materials marked as O U S are restricted in access, and registered users can apply for access to these resources.
Follow us on:
Why apply for an account?
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