This year I have been successful in getting two grants.
The first one is from Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) where I applied for a grant to conduct two workshops for the Singpho MTB-MLE programme. One of the workshop will be on development of reading materials for the two new education centers in the community. The second workshop will be on the training the teachers of these two centers in teaching the children through their mother tongue.
I have recently been informed by Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP), UK that my application for a grant to conduct a project on the documentation of the Oral literature of the Tai Khamyang community in Assam has been successful. Tai Khamyang is one of communities in Northeast India who are facing serious threat of extinction in terms of their language. At present there are only 40-50 old members of the community who can actually speak this language. Most the younger and the young adults have become proficient either in Assamese language which is the state language. So during the life of this project I will be documenting as many audio and video recordings of their oral tradition and literature including songs, stories, rituals, narratives etc as possible and will try to transcribe it and archive it in proper format at ELAR.
The first one is from Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) where I applied for a grant to conduct two workshops for the Singpho MTB-MLE programme. One of the workshop will be on development of reading materials for the two new education centers in the community. The second workshop will be on the training the teachers of these two centers in teaching the children through their mother tongue.
I have recently been informed by Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP), UK that my application for a grant to conduct a project on the documentation of the Oral literature of the Tai Khamyang community in Assam has been successful. Tai Khamyang is one of communities in Northeast India who are facing serious threat of extinction in terms of their language. At present there are only 40-50 old members of the community who can actually speak this language. Most the younger and the young adults have become proficient either in Assamese language which is the state language. So during the life of this project I will be documenting as many audio and video recordings of their oral tradition and literature including songs, stories, rituals, narratives etc as possible and will try to transcribe it and archive it in proper format at ELAR.
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