Surrey Morphology Group
Archi Language Page
Archi
is a Daghestanian language of the Lezgic group spoken by about 1200 people in
Daghestan. The language is characterised by a remarkable morphological system,
with extremely large paradigms, and irregularities on all levels.
In 2007 the Surrey Morphology Group completed a three-year project which resulted in an electronic Archi-Russian-English dictionary. This is now been released in different formats. First, there is a printed version that uses the Cyrillic script for Archi and is intended mainly for use by the Archi community.
Second,
there is an electronic version that contains sound files for every word form of
the lexeme, digital pictures of culturally significant objects, idioms and
example sentences with interlinear glossing. Both versions provide
morphological information sufficient to produce the whole paradigm of the
lexeme. The electronic dictionary exists as a CD (with sound files in MP3
format), DVD (with sound files in WAV format) and is also available online.
For
most users, the web version is the easiest to use. If you need the CD or a DVD
copy please contact Marina Chumakina, m.tchoumakina@surrey.ac.uk. Your
comments on the web version will be appreciated as well.
Current work on Archi.
Archi
language tutorial, Annual Meeting of the Association of Great Britain,
September 2008
Materials
used at the tutorial:
-
sound file for the Bear story (mp3)
-
handout
(this work is done by the SMG)
Collection
of Archi texts (with sound files and interlinear glossing) in LangueDOC
project
(this is done at Moscow State
University)
Enquiries
to: Marina Chumakina m.tchoumakina@surrey.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)1483 682843