J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (11): 31-35.

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Approaches to the Voice-database Documentation of Yunnan Endangered Ethnic Languages

Voice-database documenting is a vital measure of language preservation. Documenting the various ethnic languages in
Yunnan Province is valuable to the studies of Sino-Tibetan languages and ancient Chinese language. Based on the present situation of language documenting in China, we put forward certain fundamental approaches in Yunnan ethnic language documenting due to its theoretical, experiential, regional and ethnic features.   

  1. 1. College of Foreing Languages, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China;
    2. College of Foreign Languages, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2012-08-25 Online:2012-11-15 Published:2012-11-15

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Abstract:

Voice-database documenting is a vital measure of language preservation. Documenting the various ethnic languages in
Yunnan Province is valuable to the studies of Sino-Tibetan languages and ancient Chinese language. Based on the present situation of language documenting in China, we put forward certain fundamental approaches in Yunnan ethnic language documenting due to its theoretical, experiential, regional and ethnic features.

Key words: endangered languages, voice-data documentation, approaches

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