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.
Recording and archiving Barayin (Jalkiya) language data
Joseph Lovestrand
Documentation of Barayin, a Chadic language of Chad....
Documentation of house construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language
Azeb Amha
Documentation of house construction and terrace farming in Zargulla, an endangered Omotic language....
Documentation of Danau, an endangered language of Myanmar (Burma)
Aung Si
Documenting Danau, an endangered language of Myanmar...
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...
Documentation of the Syntax and Specialized Uses of Q'anjob'al (Maya)
B'alam Mateo
Documentation of the syntax of complex predicates and endangered speciialized uses of Q'anjob'al in Santa Eulalia, Guatemala ....
Description and Documentation of Lelepa, an Endangered Language of Central Vanuatu
Sebastien Lacrampe
A corpus of annotated texts from Lelepa speakers....
Language documentation with a focus on traditional culture among the Gavião and Suruí of Rondônia
Dennis Moore
The organizing idea of the project is that of a digital encyclopedia, consisting of recordings of topics of traditional culture, spoken in the native ...
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....
Trevor Johnston
Auslan, the sign language of the Australian deaf community. Video recordings (some with ELAN annotations) of interviews, narratives, re-tells, convers...
Davide D'Ascanio
Documentation and syntactic description of Chocholtec, an endangered Otomanguean language....
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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