Journal of Open Humanities Data (Aug 2022)

KAHD: Katukinan-Arawan-Harakmbut Database (Pre-release)

  • Fabrício Ferraz Gerardi,
  • Carolina Coelho Aragon,
  • Stanislav Reichert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.80
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Katukinan, Arawan, and Harakmbut are small language families spoken in south-western Amazonia. These families have received some attention, but there are no consistently transcribed and machine-readable datasets available for them. We address this lacuna by introducing the first publicly available linguistic dataset of Arawan languages as the first part of the Katukinan-Arawan-Harakmbut Database, created with the goal of providing and regularly updating a list of lexical items in a consistent transcription and with cognacy annotation. The database is being developed to be used in quantitative and genealogical investigations.

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