Endangered languages and archives

The work related to Endangered Languages and Endangered Archives at the Fryske Akademy and the Mercator European Research Centre is focused on the study of language contact and language change and the reconstruction of historical sound recordings. We investigate the phonetic aspects of languages and dialects of minority and regional languages, in particular those of the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries.

Project activities / research topics

Endangered Languages in the North of Russia and Japan

Archives of Endangered Languages in St.Petersburg:

Endangered Archives in St.Petersburg
The last strains of a language, Omrop Fryslân documentary on Saint-Petersburg sound archives
Voices from the Shtetl
Databases and language change, final report 1995-1998
Sound archives on the web, final report 2001
Database of Balto-Finnic languages, final report 2003
Joint research with St.Petersburg, Russia

Nicolaas Witsen’s North and East Tartary:

Frisian and Dutch in the world

Work with UNESCO, FEL and FSC

Teaching Endangered Languages, conference 2008
Contribution to the UNESCO encyclopedia of life support systems
About the Foundation for Endangered Languages

Reports and Conference contributions

Publications until 2017
Contribution to the UNESCO Global Expert Meeting in Siberia
FEL-Mercator regional conference, Murmansk (25-26 November, 2016), conference programme; photo impression
Contribution to and presentation for the International Conference on Endangered Languages, Tbilisi (20-24 October, 2016)
Contribution to the international round table, Paris, UNESCO headquarters, 18 March 2015: Documentation and Revitalisation of two Endangered Languages in Eastern Asia: Nivkh and Ainu
de Graaf, van der Meer, National Minorities in Lithuania, A Study Visit (2006)

About Tjeerd de Graaf

Research associate at the Frisian Academy, Mercator European Research Centre, and the Centre for Russian Studies at Groningen University;
Board member of the Foundation for Endangered Languages and the Isaac Massa Foundation;
Advisory council member of the Foundation for Siberian Cultures.

Phone: +31 (0) 50-3092218
Mobile: +31 (0) 6-30091848

Mail: tdegraaf@fryske-akademy.nl
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/tjeerd-de-graaf/10/43/990
Curriculum Vitae: download Tseard de Graaf's curriculum vitae (pdf-file).