Endangered Languages Archive

The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) is a digital repository for preserving multimedia collections of endangered languages from all over the world, making them available for future generations. In ELAR’s collections you can find recordings of every-day conversations, instructions on how to build fish traps or boats, explanations of kinship systems and the use of medicinal plants, and learn about art forms like string figures and sand drawings. ELAR’s collections are unique records of local knowledge systems encoded in their languages, described by the holders of the knowledge themselves.

《濒危语言档案馆》（Endangered Languages Archive，简称ELAR）是一个旨在保存全球各地濒危语言的多媒体资料库，使其得以传承于后世。在ELAR的藏品中，您可以找到日常对话的录音、构建鱼篓或船只的指导说明、亲属制度及药用植物使用的解释，以及关于如编织图案和沙画等艺术形式的了解。ELAR的藏品是当地知识体系在其语言中编码的独特记录，由知识持有者亲自进行描述。