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 documentation and ethnolinguistic analysis of Modern South Arabian: Shehret
Janet Watson
An auto-visual documentation of the Shehret language spoken in Dhofar, Oman, which includes data from three dialect groups of Shehret: western, centra...
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....
Community documentation of biocultural diversity in the eastern Yemeni province of al-Mahrah
Saeed al-Qumairi
An audio and audio-visual documentation of the relationship between people and the natural environment in al-Mahrah, eastern Yemen. The language recor...
Singpho Language of North East India (including Turung)
Stephen Morey
Languages from Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India. 1200 audio files, transcriptions and some English translations; covering songs, ceremonies, customs...
Documenting Lemo, a dialect of Bai spoken in the Nujiang Valley of Yunnan Province, China
Jingqi Fu
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Matukar Panau corpus building for the study of language use in context
Danielle Barth
Audio-visual documentation, annotation and text corpus of Matukar Panau, an endangered Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea, focusing on conversation...
Documentation of Fakamae, a Polynesian Outlier of Vanuatu
Amy Dewar
Documenting the endangered Polynesian language of Fakamae, spoken on the island of Fakamae, Vanuatu....
Documentation and description of Vamale, an endangered language of New Caledonia
Jean Rohleder
Documenting New Caledonian Vamale in a cultural context, focusing thematically on society's changes, climate change, and current customs....
The documentation and ethnolinguistic analysis of Modern South Arabian: Mehri
Janet Watson
An audio-visual documentation of the Mehri language spoken in Oman and Yemen....
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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