Collected material: a few video files, more than 200 audio files, ca 60 with transcription and preliminary translation, some with glosses (mostly WORD); elicitation lists (WORD)(September 2007)
Description : The principal aims of the present project are the following: to contribute to the documentation of the language by audio-recording texts and providing them with transcription, translation and interlinear glossing; to give a detailed description of fundamental aspects of the linguistic structure of the language (on the basis of text material and elicitation lists); to collect a substantial list of vocabulary. We also train some Chipaya speakers so that they can elaborate a pedagogical grammar and a dictionary for use in the community. The data and analyses will also be a contribution towards a better comprehension of the interrelationship of the Andean languages among themselves and with other South American languages.
