Program

Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - Tools

Period of Performance

7/1/1986 - 6/30/1989

Funding Totals

$60,000.00 (approved)
$60,000.00 (awarded)


South American Indian Languages Documentation Project

FAIN: RT-20705-86

University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA 94704-5940)
Brent Berlin (Project Director: October 1985 to February 1990)

To support a pilot project to develop a computerized database of the indigenous languages of South America. The database will include vital statistics of approximately 400 languages, grammatical information, and a 1500-word standardized diagnostic vocabulary.