The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) is a digital repository for preserving multimedia collections of endangered languages from all over the world, making them available for future generations.
ELAR’s mission is to:
– provide a safe long-term repository for language documentation collections
– train and support depositors in collection creation and preservation
– make collections accessible free of charge to researchers, communities, and the public
– support users in discovering and accessing recordings
In ELAR’s collections you can find recordings of every-day conversations, instructions on how to build fish traps or boats, explanations of kinship systems and the use of medicinal plants, and learn about art forms like string figures and sand drawings. ELAR’s collections are unique records of local knowledge systems encoded in their languages, described by the holders of the knowledge themselves.
Im Blog gibt es regelmäßig Einblicke in die Arbeit hinter den Kulissen des Archivs oder auch „im Feld“.
ELAR ist zudem auch bei Twitter, Instagram and Facebook vertreten.
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