Constructing a research network for documenting minority languages in and around Indonesia: The 9th meeting / International workshop for Documenting endangered languages in the Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in Indonesia

*This event has already been held.

The aim of this workshop is to conduct a substantial documentation of two seriously endangered languages of the Nusa Tenggara Timur Province in Indonesia, namely, Teiwa and Nedebang. The member of the ILCAA Joint research project “Constructing a research network for documenting minority languages in and around Indonesia” will work together with Antoinette Schapper, a specialist of the languages in this region and the native speakers invited from the two language communities. The workshop is closed except on 27th.

Date/Time

• 24 March, 2017 (Fri.), 14:00-16:00 (closed meeting)
• 25 March, 2017 (Sat.), 10:00-17:00 (closed meeting)
• 26 March, 2017 (Sun.), 10:00-17:00 (closed meeting)
• 27 March, 2017 (Mon.), 10:00-17:00 (open meeting. No registration is required.)
• 28 March, 2017 (Tue.), 10:00-17:00 (closed meeting)
• 29 March, 2017 (Wed.), 10:00-17:00 (closed meeting)
• 30 March, 2017 (Thu.), 14:00-16:00 (closed meeting)

Venue

Room 306, ILCAA, TUFS

Coordintors

• Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA)
• Antoinette SCHAPPER (ILCAA joint researcher, KITLV)
• Yanti (ILCAA joint researcher, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia)

Native speaker Participants

• Amos REHABEAM SIR (UBB GMIT Kupang)
• Semram SERANG (Education and Culture Service of Sub Region of Pantar)
• Dominikus TAUK (Udayana University)
• Jermy Imanuel BALUKH (STIBA Cakrawala Nusantara Kupang)
• Elsijon Marjesi THINE (Smpn Satu Atap Batulai, Rote)
• Anderias SUSANG

Program

27 March (Mon.)

1. Antoinette SCHAPPER (ILCAA Joint Researcher, KITLV)
   “History of a macro-linguistic area through lexico-semantics: The case of Southeast Asia”
2. Amos REHABEAM SIR (UBB GMIT Kupang)
   “Languages in Alor”
3. I Wayan Arka (ILCAA Joint Researcher, ILCAA Visiting Associate Professor, Australian National University)
   “Plurality and comitatives in Indonesian languages”
4. Yanti (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia), Dominikus TAUK (Udayana University), and Asako SHIOHARA (ILCAA)
   “Metathesis and Truncation in Helong: A Preliminary Study”
5. Jermy Imanuel BALUKH (STIBA Cakrawala Nusantara Kupang), and Elsijon Marjesi THINE (Smpn Satu Atap Batulai, Rote)
   “An overview of Rote language”

Language

English

Admission

Free

Jointly Organized by

• Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3) , ILCAA, TUFS
• JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers, “A collaborative network for usage-based research on lesser-studied languages”