TheSurvey of California and Other Indian Languages (originally theSurvey of California Indian Languages) at theUniversity of California at Berkeleydocuments, catalogs, and archives theindigenous languages of the Americas. The survey also hosts events related tolanguage revitalization and preservation.
The Survey was started as a pilot project byBerkeleylinguistics professorsMurray Emeneau[1] andMary Haas on January 1, 1953.[2][3] Haas was a particular influence on the early working culture of the Survey. One student,Brent D. Galloway, recalled[4] how several of Haas' students had used aNatchez greeting,wanhetahnú·ʼis, and that "the tradition had apparently continued for over twenty years." (Haas' first publication had been on Natchez.)
The first project was a study of theKaruk language byWilliam Bright, then a graduate student.[5] Since its founding 80 doctoral dissertations have been written under the auspices of the Survey.[6]
The Survey published a series of "Reports" beginning in 1981, covering a variety of topics related to languages of California as well as Native American languages elsewhere. Some volumes were standalone works such as dictionaries, others were collections of varied articles.[7] Beginning in 1976 the Survey began publishing the proceedings of Hokan–Penutian Workshop, which addressed the proposedHokan andPenutian language families.[8] Both resources are available online.
In 2011, a grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities made it possible to merge online resources from the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages and the Berkeley Language Center (BLC) into a single website, theCalifornia Language Archive.[9]
In addition to Haas, the Survey has been directed byWallace Chafe andLeanne Hinton.[10] The current director isAndrew Garrett.[11]
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