This project is recording and transcribing indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea, using voice recorders donated by Olympus. Papua New Guinea is home to over 800 languages, many with few remaining
speakers, and many with minimal linguistic documentation. The work is being done by university staff and students who speak the local languages. We hope to collect narratives, dialogues and songs for 100 languages, using the technique of "Basic Oral Language Documentation" (BOLD). Materials will be freely available for non-commercial use. The project was originally scheduled to run for one year, from 21 February 2010 (UNESCO International Mother Language Day), but was extended by a further six months.
In collaboration with staff at the following institutions:With sponsorship from:
The Firebird
Foundation
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Implementing BOLD in Goroka
Recently, Anne-Marie Wanamp and Steven Bird delivered a joint presentation concerning ongoing efforts at the University of Goroka to incorporate oral language documentation into their undergraduate curriculum. The presentation ...
Posted Aug 29, 2011 4:25 AM by Steven Bird
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Promoting Oral Language Documentation in Canada
The BOLD:PNG project will be presented at the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute, at the University of Alberta, on July 13 (abstract). CILLDI is an annual training ...
Posted Jul 11, 2011 10:34 AM by Steven Bird
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Data Collection
In June, Steven Bird visited the three participating universities to
copy the audio recordings and to digitize the logbooks. All materials
have been deposited in the archive of the Institute ...
Posted Jun 14, 2011 1:20 AM by Steven Bird
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Presentation at ICLDC, Hawaii
The BOLD:PNG Project was presented at the Second International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, at the University of Hawai`i, in February 2011. The presentation was entitled "Equipping ...
Posted Apr 27, 2011 6:20 PM by Steven Bird
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Article on Basic Oral Language Documentation in PNG
A scalable
method for preserving oral literature from small languages, Steven Bird, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on
Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, Gold Coast, Australia (June 2010)Abstract: Can ...
Posted Apr 12, 2010 4:20 AM by Steven Bird
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