Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC)

Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC) The Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC) helps native speakers document their languages.

The Language Documentation Training Center (LDTC) was initiated and is run entirely by graduate students in the Department of Linguistics at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Students work together to design the curriculum, schedule, recruitment, and other activities. Our goals are to introduce basic concepts in language documentation to speakers of under-documented languages, so that they will be able to document their own language. Native speakers spend a semester or more attending workshops on language documentation techniques, relevant computer software, and issues in documentation. All sessions are lead by linguistics graduate students who are themselves interested in language documentation. Each participant is paired up with a graduate student who acts as a mentor, guiding the participant through the workshops. Working together, they design a website that displays information about the participant's language. At the end of the semester, these projects are presented to the community and uploaded to the Languages page of this website. Although the registered organization has members who are University of Hawaii students, the registered organization is independent of the University and does not represent the views of the University. The registered organization is responsible for its own contracts, acts, or omissions.

Stop by our fundraiser at Ba-Le in Hemenway Hall, going on until 8pm tonight!
12/02/2022

Stop by our fundraiser at Ba-Le in Hemenway Hall, going on until 8pm tonight!

Congratulations to the Fall 2022 cohort of the LDTC program! We're so proud of the care and work you put into your proje...
11/17/2022

Congratulations to the Fall 2022 cohort of the LDTC program! We're so proud of the care and work you put into your projects for Ilokano and Palauan!

And thank you to the volunteers who supported us throughout the semester!

Louward Zubiri, an LDTC co-director and a Bikolano-Tagalog, is one of the speakers for the official Philippine launch ev...
10/20/2022

Louward Zubiri, an LDTC co-director and a Bikolano-Tagalog, is one of the speakers for the official Philippine launch event of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

Do you know how to make an impact on the Indigenous Decade?

Registering on our website idil2022-2032.org and including your event in our calendar, like our partner Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino!

Here is their event:

Pambansang Kongreso sa Nanganganib sa Wika 2022 ​​is the second large-scale gathering of researchers, language scholars, teachers, community members, and advocates for the revitalization of endangered languages ​​hosted by the Commission on the Filipino Language better known as Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF). The first International Conference on Endangered Languages ​​was held in October 2018 at the National Museum of the Philippines. Renowned scholars and leading proponents of programs regarding the revitalization of endangered languages ​​from around the world presented their works at this conference.

This Congress aims to showcase best practices in research and program development for language revitalization, discuss issues affecting the vitality of languages, and to encourage indigenous peoples and communities to document and conduct research on their own language.

More info: https://idil2022-2032.org/events-activities/pambansang-kongreso-sa-nanganganib-na-wika-2022/?fbclid=IwAR2H4afIzy-Y9l4sNPWAm-fmFO2Ap2aFxp6QkwfUBtfKDymma8N0x8grMA4

This Fall, LDTC is working with speakers of  Austronesian languages to produce tangible documentary outputs. This is ali...
09/19/2022

This Fall, LDTC is working with speakers of Austronesian languages to produce tangible documentary outputs. This is aligned with the University of Hawaii at Manoa Linguistics Department 's focus on language diversity and sustainability in Asia and the Pacific.

If you want to learn more about LDTC, visit: https://www.ldtc.org/.

We held a welcome lunch meeting for this semester's participants to meet each other and learn more. Thanks to everyone w...
09/17/2022

We held a welcome lunch meeting for this semester's participants to meet each other and learn more. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

Thanks to the 8 grad students who came out today to edit Wikipedia pages. We had a great time together, and updated info...
02/22/2022

Thanks to the 8 grad students who came out today to edit Wikipedia pages. We had a great time together, and updated information on 13 languages! Happy International Mother Language Day!

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