Projektnummer

0056207

Zusammenfassung

The endangered languages of Ethiopia Bayso (3500 speakers) and Haro (500 speakers) are spoken on the Gidiccho Island and in mainland villages of the Abbaya Lake. The team of anthropologists and linguists that has been set up for this project aims at creating and archiving a large textual corpus of audio- and video-recorded speech for each of the two languages. The recordings will capture language in variety of uses, cultural contexts and genres. Specific research questions will relate to historical identity, cultural change, gender roles and language use, expression of emotions and the...