Baure multimedia projects
1. Toolbox 2 Cellphone:
We have a Toolbox dictionary, which we are planning to convert to cellphones for the younger Baure people to play around with and thereby learn the language with fun. The conversion program is provided at: project for free electronic dicionaries
For this purpose WE ARE LOOKING FOR CELLPHONE DONATIONS:
please check at home if you have a mobile phone that nobody uses any more. Cellphone donations to:
Baure Project
University of Leipzig, Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstr. 15
04107 Leipzig, Germany
THANK YOU!
2. Baure Language Learning Program (Femmy):
One of the goals of the documentation project is to make the collected data accessible to the language community share our knowledge of the language with the Baures. The rising availability of ICTs in town opens the possibility to use multimedia tools in language instruction, which appeals especially to the younger generations.
One of the activities in the project is the development of a digital Baure course. The first version of the course is available now and consists of vocabulary lists and corresponding exercises: Shi vikarow to vekori. Future plans include the addition of audio fragments, a brief description of the grammar and a dictionary.