Fellow Category: Literature

Nicaela León Coico

El Quechua del Sur de Bolivia (Runasimi) es una variedad del Quechua Sureño hablada en las regiones del sur de Bolivia, particularmente en áreas como Cochabamba, Potosí, Oruro y Chuquisaca. También se habla en algunas zonas de Argentina. El proyecto de Nicaela se centra en revitalizar el Quechua del Sur de Bolivia mediante la creación Nicaela León Coico

Frank

This project will create a printed book of proverbs in the ‘Uvean language, gathered through a crowdsourcing and storytelling contest. Young people will be encouraged to video record and explain proverbs, fostering intergenerational dialogue by engaging with elders to document traditional wisdom. This initiative builds on previous work, including the successful translation of three children’s Frank

Peter Kojo Amoabil

During his fellowship year, Peter is translating 30 children’s storybooks into Dagbani on the African Storybook website, an open-access digital platform that provides free reading materials in African languages. By increasing the availability of books in Dagbani, this helps bridge the literacy gap for children in Northern Ghana, supporting early education and language development in Peter Kojo Amoabil

Sylvia Tkac

The Groote Eylandt archipelago is home to the Anindilyakwa people, or Warnumamalya, an Aboriginal Australian people who have inhabited the islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria since time long past. Their language, Anindilyakwa (Amamalya Ayakwa), spoken by around 1,486 people according to the 2016 Australian census, faces external pressure from English as it has since Sylvia Tkac

Said Baquir

The Modern South Arabian languages are spoken by small language communities in present day Yemen and Oman, including the Socotra Archipelago. Linguists categorize six languages as members of this family — Mehri, Soqotri, Shehri (also known as Jibbali, lit. of the mountains), Bathari, Harsusi, and Hobyót. The most spoken of these, Mehri, is spoken by Said Baquir