About the Project
Study of Preservation and Promotion of Indigenous and Endangered Languages
Study of Preservation and Promotion of Indigenous and Endangered Languages
The Research Project
The Research Project
UGC funded a major research project titled ‘Indigenous and Endangered Languages’ to pay a greater attention to the marginal languages, non-scheduled languages, languages of tribal and nomadic communities and the languages that deserve a measure of social sympathy and academic attention. The project has following objectives:
UGC funded a major research project titled ‘Indigenous and Endangered Languages’ to pay a greater attention to the marginal languages, non-scheduled languages, languages of tribal and nomadic communities and the languages that deserve a measure of social sympathy and academic attention. The project has following objectives:
To census the marginal languages, non-scheduled languages, languages of tribal and nomadic communities in the vicinity of the National Law University, Delhi. That is in Delhi, NCR and if need be in the adjoining states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
To census the marginal languages, non-scheduled languages, languages of tribal and nomadic communities in the vicinity of the National Law University, Delhi. That is in Delhi, NCR and if need be in the adjoining states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
To undertake inter departmental and inter disciplinary research related to indigenous and endangered languages;
To undertake inter departmental and inter disciplinary research related to indigenous and endangered languages;
To undertake fieldwork, research, analysis, archiving and documentation of smaller indigenous/endangered languages;
To undertake fieldwork, research, analysis, archiving and documentation of smaller indigenous/endangered languages;
To produce and publish monographs, grammars, grammatical sketches, dictionaries and lexicon, ethno-linguistic and theoretical descriptions, collection of oral and folk literature and scholarly books on endangered languages;
To produce and publish monographs, grammars, grammatical sketches, dictionaries and lexicon, ethno-linguistic and theoretical descriptions, collection of oral and folk literature and scholarly books on endangered languages;
To produce language and dialect atlases with special reference to minority and endangered languages;
To produce language and dialect atlases with special reference to minority and endangered languages;
To organise workshops and seminars aimed towards promoting advanced research related to endangered languages;
To organise workshops and seminars aimed towards promoting advanced research related to endangered languages;
To train teachers and students from other departments in Field Linguistics, Lexicography and techniques for data management and documentation;
To train teachers and students from other departments in Field Linguistics, Lexicography and techniques for data management and documentation;
To promote and foster various domains of endangered languages to help minority/ endangered language communities in maintaining and preserving language vitality, including the development of orthographical resources like scripts, and primers.
To promote and foster various domains of endangered languages to help minority/ endangered language communities in maintaining and preserving language vitality, including the development of orthographical resources like scripts, and primers.
