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Linguists Frank Seidel and James Essegbey (Languages, Literatures & Cultures) receive NEH Documenting Endangered Languages grant to study Baga language of West Africa

Frank Seidel and co-PI James Essegbey of the department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures will create a dictionary of Baga Mandori, a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Basse-Cote region of Guinea-Conakry, West Africa. Baga Mandori is one of seven Baga languages, all of which are under-documented. The project will result in a dictionary, a grammatical outline, and annotated and transcribed audiovisual material.