| Project/Area Number |
24K22472
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
Ondiba Hesborn 東京理科大学, 教養教育研究院野田キャンパス教養部, 助教 (50999737)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2024-07-31 – 2026-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | Language Endangerment / Indigenous Knowledge / Artificial Intelligence / Suba Language / Corpus Development |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This study addressed the critical issue of language endangerment in Kenya. By creating a comprehensive digital corpus of the Suba language the project will capture not only linguistic diversity but also rich indigenous knowledge that has been cited as having potential solutions to the planetary crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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