Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Olga Olina

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Name
Olga Olina
Email
olga.olina (at) gmx.net

Institution
Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften → Afrikanische Sprachen
Function / Working Area
PhD Student / ELDP Projekt
Visiting address
Hausvogteiplatz 5-7 , Room 302b/c
Phone number
(030) 2093 66101
Consultation hours
By appointment via email
Mailing address
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

Research Interests

  • Endangered languages
  • Language documentation
  • Historical linguistics
  • Writing systems

 

Current Research

Jirim Voices: Documentation and Description of Jirim Language and Traditions

Funding: Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, Oct 2024 - Sep 2027

Jirim is an endangered language spoken by approximately 10,000 people in central-eastern Nigeria. Jirim is minimally documented and under significant influence from English and Hausa, which severely threatens its intergenerational transmission. This project aims to document the linguistic and cultural traditions of the Jirim community. Planned outputs include a corpus of 55 hours of video recordings featuring endangered festivals, daily activities, and linguistic elicitation sessions. A significant portion of the corpus will be transcribed, translated, and linguistically annotated. Based on this collection, a trilingual dictionary (Jirim-Hausa-English) and a grammar sketch will be produced.