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.
The painter's eye, the painter's voice: language, art and landscape in the Gija world
Frances Kofod
The painter's eye, the painter's voice: language, art and landscape in the Gija world....
Documentation for the revitalisation of N|uu
Sheena Shah
Nǀuu audio-video recordings and time-aligned transcriptions. Chapters and glossary of the Nǀuu reader, elicitations, songs, prayers, games, dialogue...
Documentation of Kainji languages
Stuart McGill
Documenting the Kainji family of languages in Nigeria....
Causality Across Languages (CAL): Datooga
Alice Mitchell
Audio and video recordings collected from twelve Datooga speakers as part of the Causality Across Languages project...
Documentation and grammatical description of Shabo
Kibebe Tsehay
Documentation and description of the seriously endangered Shabo (also Mikeyir, Mekeyer), a language spoken by about 600 people in southwestern Ethiopi...
Nicholas Drayson
Chorote-Spanish dictionary, including cultural clarifications, examples of usage, alternative grammatical forms, scientific classification, and detail...
Documentation of the South Eastern Huastec
Ana Kondic
Audio, video, annotation files, and teaching materials for South Eastern Huastec, an endangered language of Mexico....
Documenting Mani, a disappearing language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Tucker Childs
Documenting Mani, a severely endangered language of Guinea and Sierra Leone, its people and its culture....
Documentation of Two Gelao Varieties: Zou Lei and A Hou, South West China
Jinfang Li
Documention of Zou Lei and A Hou, two varieties of Gelao in South West China....
Documentation and Description of Sia Pedee, Ecuador
Jorge Gómez Rendón
A continuing documentation of the Sia Pedee language....
Clan and kin among the Nagovisi of southern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Bethwyn Evans
Nagovisi is a language of around 5,000 speakers living in south-western Bougainville, an island of 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