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1. Barese Field Materials 
   • Collection identifier: 2023-27
   • Contributors: Michele Aprile (consultant); Rino Bizzarro (consultant); Nunzia Caputo (consultant); Nicola Cutino (consultant); Gigi De Santis (consultant); Sante Diomede (consultant); Anna Maria Eugeni (consultant); Marisa Eugeni (consultant); Felice Giovine (consultant); Annalisa Milzi (consultant); Isabella Milzi (consultant); Rosa Ungaro (consultant); Emanuele Zambetta (consultant); Rosaria Zonno (consultant); Allegra Robertson (researcher)
   • Languages: Barese; Italian (ita)
   • Dates: 2023-
   • Historical information: Barese is an Apulo-Barese dialect of the Upper-Southern Italian dialect continuum within Italo-Romance languages. Named for the city of Bari to which it is native, Barese is predominantly spoken in the Bari metropolitan area in Central Apulia, a southern region of Italy. While Barese descends from vulgar Latin, Bari's strategic position on the Adriatic sea has led to numerous invasions and reigns throughout history, resulting in considerable contact with other languages; Barese's linguistic influences include Messapian, Oscan, Greek, Old French, Franco-Provençal and Spanish. Barese stands out from the rich and diverse network of Southern Italian dialects for its distinct vowel and diphthong system, which varies systematically by gender. Despite a rich history of Barese literacy and bilingualism, most fluent Barese speakers in the 21st century are in their fourties or older, with younger generations heavily favoring standard Italian. In response to this shift, there are ongoing local efforts to revive and create Barese art, including music, poetry, prose, and theater.
     The materials that constitute this collection were primarily developed by Allegra Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, together with fourteen native speakers of Barese and Italian, as part of ongoing dissertation-related field research. This field visit, in July 2023, was mainly focused on creating high-quality recordings of Barese art (poetry and theatrical recitations) for community use, as well as a phonetic production study of pre-aspiration in relation to voiceless geminate stops in Barese and the local variety of Italian.
     There are several different writing systems and practices currently in use for Barese, all of which use a combination of the Latin alphabet and diacritics. The orthography of item titles follows the choices of the language consultant in question. When language consultants read works by a different author, that author's conventions are adopted. All audio was recorded on an H4N Zoom digital recorder and (sometimes) a Shure BETA 54 Supercardioid headset microphone. Video was recorded on a 2020 SE iPhone. Funding for this research has come from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant, administered by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and from the Graduate Research Fellowship, administered by the National Science Foundation (Fellow ID: 2021293307).
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     Il dialetto barese è un dialetto apulo-barese del continuum di dialetti italiani meridionali, che appartiene alle lingue italo-romanze. Nominato per la sua città nativa, Bari, il barese (ovvero, la lingua barese) è parlato principalmente nella zona metropolitana di Bari, sulla costiera centrale della Puglia. Sebbene il barese discenda dal latino volgare, la posizione strategica di Bari sul mare adriatico spinse invasioni e regni numerosi nel corso della storia, e dunque il barese entrò in contatto con molte lingue; di conseguenza, ha influenze linguistiche dal messapico, dall'osco, dal greco, dal francese antico e dallo spagnolo, fra altre lingue. Il dialetto barese si distingue dagli altri dialetti meridionali per il suo sistema distinto di vocali e dittonghi, i quali variano sistematicamente per genere. Nonostante il barese avesse una ricca storia letteraria e una forte cultura di bilinguismo nel passato, nel ventunesimo secolo la maggior parte dei parlanti fluenti hanno almeno quarant'anni; le generazioni più giovani dimostrano una preferenza notevole per l'italiano standard. Di conseguenza, oggigiorno si vedono vari sforzi locali per rianimare e creare arte barese, compreso la musica, la poesia, la prosa e il teatro.
     I materiali che costituiscono questa collezione erano sviluppati da Allegra Robertson, una studentessa di dottorato in linguistica presso University of California, Berkeley, insieme a quattordici parlanti nativi del barese e dell'italiano, come parte della ricerca dottorale di Robertson. Tutti i materiali erano creati nel luglio 2023, durante una visita a Bari focalizzata su 1) la creazione di registrazioni di alta qualità sull'arte nella lingua barese (poesia e teatro) per l'uso libero della comunità, e 2) uno studio fonetico sulla pre-aspirazione delle occlusive sorde geminate nel dialetto barese e nell'italiano locale.
     Esistono diversi sistemi di scrittura in barese, ognuno dei quali combinano l'alfabeto latino con diacritici. Lo stile ortografico nei titoli delle voci seguono le preferenze del parlante in questione. Quando un parlante legge un'opera scritta da qualcun altro, lo stile di quell'autore viene usato. Tutte le registrazioni audio erano create con il registratore digitale H4N Zoom e (a volte) un microfono headset Shure BETA 54 Supercardioid. I video erano registrati con l'iPhone 2020 SE. Finanziamenti per questa ricerca erano forniti dal Oswalt Endangered Language Grant (una borsa gestita dal Survey of California and Other Indian Languages nel dipartimento di linguistica al University of California, Berkeley) e dal Graduate Research Fellowship, gestito dal National Science Foundation (Fellow ID: 2021293307).
   • Scope and content: This collection is organized in two consecutive parts. Part 1 includes audio and video recordings of poems, recitations, stories, and conversations in Barese, with some Italian commentary. These recordings are ordered chronologically and can be found in items 2023-27.001 through 2023-27.023. Part 2 includes audio recordings and slides of wordlists in Barese and Italian, which can be found in items 2023-27.024 and 2023-27.025. These wordlists were designed by the researcher to analyze the production of voiceless geminate stops, as compared to singleton stops, in the respective languages. All items are titled in Italian, and brief descriptions are provided in both Italian and English. The filenames follow the convention "YYMMDD.recording.date-recording.number-language-consultant.initials-researcher.initials-category-subcategory".
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     Questa collezione è organizzata in due parti. La prima parte è costituita da registrazioni audio e video di poesie, recitazioni, storie e conversazioni in barese, con qualche commentario in italiano. Le registrazioni sono presentate in ordine cronologico, e si trovano nelle voci 2023-27.001 a 2023-27.023. La seconda parte è costituita da registrazioni audio di liste lessicali in barese ed in italiano, accompagnate da immagini. Queste registrazioni si trovano nelle voci 2023-27.024 e 2023-27.025. Le liste lessicali erano designate dalla ricercatrice per analizzare la produzione fonetica di pre-aspirazione insieme alle consonanti geminate, rispetto a quelle singole. Tutte le voci sono intitolate in italiano, con brevi descrizioni sia in italiano che in inglese. I nomi dei file seguono la convenzione: "AAMMGG.data.di.registrazione-numero.di.registrazione-lingua-iniziali.del.parlante-iniziali.della.ricercatrice-categoria-sottocategoria".
   • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
   • Suggested citation: . Barese Field Materials, 2023-27, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22R3QSW.
2. Berkeley Field Methods: Garifuna 
   • Collection identifier: 2021-25
   • Primary contributors: Frank Palacio (consultant); Anna Björklund (researcher); Maksymilian Dabkowski (researcher); Alexander Elias (researcher); Wendy López Márquez (researcher); Lev Michael (researcher); Tzintia Montaño Ramírez (researcher); Allegra Robertson (researcher); Dakota Robinson (researcher); Zachary Wellstood (researcher)
   • Language: Garifuna (cab)
   • Dates: Sep 2021-May 2022
   • Historical information: This collection consists of materials produced by students of the graduate-level field methods course in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley between September 2021 and May 2022 (Linguistics 240A/B). The course was taught by Prof. Lev Michael, and the language consultant was Frank Palacio. The students in Linguistics 240A were Björklund, Dabkowski, Elias, Robertson, Robinson, López Márquez, Montaño Ramírez, and Wellstood. The students in 240B were Björklund, Elias, Robertson, López Márquez, Montaño Ramírez, and Wellstood.
   • Scope and content: Audio and video recordings and notes from in-class and small-group elicitation sessions pertaining to lexicon, grammar, and phonology, and of narrative texts. The course was carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic in person with the consultant attending virtually on Zoom. Recordings were made as compressed M4A files on Zoom, instead of as uncompressed WAV files using a digital recorder; they were also made as MP4 video files. Notes were typed, instead of written with a notebook and pen (with some exceptions); the typed documents are archived as PDF files.
   • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
   • Suggested citation: Frank Palacio, Anna Björklund, Maksymilian Dabkowski, Alexander Elias, Wendy López Márquez, Lev Michael, Tzintia Montaño Ramírez, Allegra Robertson, Dakota Robinson, and Zachary Wellstood. Berkeley Field Methods: Garifuna, 2021-25, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X28G8JMK.
   • Associated materials: CLA collection 2020-06 "Berkeley Field Methods: Garifuna" (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RX99FN).
3. Maranese Field Materials 
   • Collection identifier: 2023-28
   • Primary contributors: Ada Castiglia (consultant); Aurelio Greco (consultant); Giuseppe Greco (consultant); Allegra Robertson (researcher)
   • Additional contributors: Gaetano Bartella (consultant); Luigi Bilotto (consultant); Roberto Contino (consultant); Sabrina Contino (consultant); Antonella Presta (consultant); Silvana Primicerio (consultant)
   • Languages: Calabrese; Italian (ita); Maranese
   • Dates: 2023-
   • Historical information: Maranese is a Central Calabrian dialect of the Extreme Southern Italian language group, within Italo-Romance languages. Named for the neighboring mountain towns of Marano Marchesato and Marano Principato to which it is native, Maranese is more often called "Calabrese", a term which refers collectively to a group of related but distinct linguistic varieties spoken throughout Calabria, a southern region of Italy. While Maranese descends from vulgar Latin, it has experienced considerable contact with other languages throughout history; Maranese's linguistic influences include Ancient and Medieval Greek, Arabic, Osco-Umbrian, and Gallo-Romance. Maranese is predominantly spoken in Marano Marchesato and Marano Principato (each of which has a population of roughly 3,000, as of 2007) within 10 kilometers of the city of Cosenza. Provided this proximity, Maranese is closely related to Cosentino, the dialect of Cosenza, although the two dialects differ notably in, for example, the vowels found in plural markers. Due to a lack of governmental recognition and significant economic and social pressure to speak standard Italian, most fluent Maranese speakers in the 21st century are in their fifties or older, with younger generations heavily favoring standard Italian.
     The materials that constitute this collection were primarily developed by Allegra Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, together with ten native speakers of Maranese and Italian, as part of ongoing dissertation-related field research. This field visit, in July 2023, was mainly focused on creating high-quality recordings of Maranese natural speech for community use, as well as a phonetic production study of post-aspiration in relation to voiceless geminate stops in Maranese and the local variety of Italian.
     All audio was recorded on an H4N Zoom digital recorder and (sometimes) a Shure BETA 54 Supercardioid headset microphone. Funding for this research has come from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant, administered by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and from the Graduate Research Fellowship, administered by the National Science Foundation (Fellow ID: 2021293307).
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     Il dialetto maranese è un dialetto calabrese del gruppo di dialetti italiani meridionali estremi, che appartiene alle lingue italo-romanze. Nominato per i suoi due paesi nativi, Marano Marchesato e Marano Principato, il maranese è più spesso nominato "calabrese", un termine che si riferisce collettivamente ad un insieme di varietà linguistiche connesse ma distinte, parlate per tutta la Calabria. Sebbene il maranese discenda dal latino volgare, entrò storicamente in contatto con molte lingue; di conseguenza, ha influenze linguistiche dal greco antico e bizantino, dal arabo, dal osco-umbro e dal gallo-romanzo, fra altre lingue. Il dialetto maranese è parlato principalmente a Marano Marchesato e Marano Principato, due paesi vicini di montagna (ognuno con una popolazione di 3.000 circa), situati a 10 kilometri dalla città di Cosenza. Di conseguenza, è molto simile al cosentino, il dialetto di Cosenza, però i due dialetti si differiscono in, per esempio, le vocali finali che indicano il plurale. A causa di un'assenza di riconoscimento governativo e forti pressioni economiche e sociali a parlare l'italiano standard, nel ventunesimo secolo la maggior parte dei parlanti fluenti del dialetto maranese hanno al meno cinquant'anni; le generazioni più giovani dimostrano una preferenza notevole per l'italiano standard.
     I materiali che costituiscono questa collezione erano sviluppati da Allegra Robertson, una studentessa di dottorato in linguistica presso University of California, Berkeley, insieme a dieci parlanti nativi del maranese e del italiano, come parte della ricerca dottorale di Robertson. Tutti i materiali erano creati nel luglio 2023, durante una visita a Marano focalizzata su 1) la creazione di registrazioni di alta qualità della parlata naturale nel maranese per l'uso libero della comunità, e 2) uno studio fonetico sulla post-aspirazione delle occlusive sorde geminate nel dialetto maranese e nel italiano locale.
     Tutte le registrazioni audio erano create con il registratore digitale H4N Zoom e (a volte) un microfono headset Shure BETA 54 Supercardioid. Finanziamenti per questa ricerca erano forniti dal Oswalt Endangered Language Grant (una borsa gestita dal Survey of California and Other Indian Languages nel dipartimento di linguistica al University of California, Berkeley) e dal Graduate Research Fellowship, gestito dal National Science Foundation (Fellow ID: 2021293307).
   • Scope and content: This collection is organized in two consecutive parts. Part 1 includes audio recordings of stories, descriptions, conversations, and proverbs in Maranese, with some Italian commentary. These recordings are ordered chronologically and can be found in items 2023-28.001 through 2023-28.009. Part 2 includes audio recordings and slides of wordlists in Maranese and Italian, which can be found in items 2023-28.010 and 2023-28.011. These wordlists were designed by the researcher to analyze the production of voiceless geminate stops, as compared to singleton stops, in the respective languages. All items are titled in Italian, and brief descriptions are provided in both Italian and English. The filenames follow the convention "YYMMDD.recording.date-recording.number-language-consultant.initials-researcher.initials-category-subcategory".
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     Questa collezione è organizzata in due parti. La prima parte è costituita da registrazioni audio di storie, descrizioni, conversazioni e proverbi in maranese, con qualche commentario in italiano. Le registrazioni sono presentate in ordine cronologico, e si trovano nelle voci 2023-28.001 a 2023-28.009. La seconda parte è costituita da registrazioni audio di liste lessicali in maranese ed in italiano, accompagnate da immagini. Queste registrazioni si trovano nelle voci 2023-28.010 e 2023-28.011. Le liste lessicali erano designate dalla ricercatrice per analizzare la produzione fonetica di aspirazione insieme alle consonanti geminate, rispetto a quelle singole. Tutte le voci sono intitolate in italiano, con brevi descrizioni sia in italiano che in inglese. I nomi dei file seguono la convenzione: "AAMMGG.data.di.registrazione-numero.di.registrazione-lingua-iniziali.del.parlante-iniziali.della.ricercatrice-categoria-sottocategoria".
   • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
   • Suggested citation: Ada Castiglia, Aurelio Greco, Giuseppe Greco, and Allegra Robertson. Maranese Field Materials, 2023-28, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MS3RXD.
4. Yánesha' Field Materials 
   • Collection identifier: 2022-12
   • Primary contributor: Allegra Robertson (researcher, donor)
   • Additional contributors: Yolanda Ambrosio Santos (consultant); Brígida Dominga Ballesteros Sebastián (consultant); Eder Bautista Mariño (consultant); Juana Carpena López (consultant); Mercedes Chihuanco Ambrosio (consultant); Lucho Chihuanco Cruz (consultant); Diverata Judith Dionicio Machari (consultant); Herminio Domingo López (consultant); Josefa Francisco Quenchuya (consultant); Asael Huancho (consultant); José López Carpena (consultant); Celestino Mariño Sedano (consultant); Cristina Mariño (consultant); Valbina Miguel Toribio (consultant); Tsentpoll Ortiz Espíritu (consultant); Rubén Santiago Potesta Pérez (consultant); Thosen (Justina) Quenchuya Abell (consultant); Kledy Olga Victoriano Gaspar (consultant)
   • Language: Yánesha' (ame)
   • Dates: 2022-
   • Historical information: Yánesha' (historically known as Amuesha) is an Arawakan language spoken by approximately 1,200 people at the tropical–alpine intersection of the eastern Andean foothills and the western Amazon basin in central Peru. With an ethnic population of 7,000, the Yánesha' people today live in 48 Yanesha' villages, as well as other areas of Peru and beyond. Historically, Yánesha' has experienced significant contact with Quechua, as well as Panoan and Nihagansti (Arawakan) languages. As of September 2022, considerable shift toward Spanish is impacting language vitality, especially among younger generations (30 years and under). At the same time, Yánesha' is still spoken in the home in some communities, and numerous community members are engaged in language revitalization efforts.
     The materials that constitute this collection were primarily developed by Allegra Robertson, a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics (Berkeley), together with eighteen native speakers of Yánesha', as part of ongoing dissertation-related field research. The first field visit, in June-July 2022, was mainly focused on building relationships, starting a text corpus, and a morpho-phonological study of possession.
     The orthography of item titles follows the standards set by the Peruvian Ministry of Education in 2008, while the handwritten field notes reflect both the 2008 orthography, the preceding orthography, and, at times, the International Phonetic Alphabet. All audio was recorded on an H4N Zoom digital recorder and (sometimes) a Shure BETA 54 Supercardioid headset microphone.
     Funding for this research has come from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant, administered by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and from the Graduate Research Fellowship, administered by the National Science Foundation (Fellow ID: 2021293307).
   • Scope and content: This collection is organized in five categories: 1. Stories and songs (audio recordings, two video recordings); 2. Elicitation sessions (audio recordings); 3. Transcription sessions (audio recordings); 4. Field notes (scanned handwritten notes); 5. Photos of language consultants and field sites. Within each category, items are ordered chronologically. Stories and songs can be found in items 2022-12.001 through 030. Elicitation sessions are located in items 031 through 049. Transcription sessions can be found in items 050 through 059. Field notes are located in item 060. Photos can be found in items 061 through 062.
     Esta colección está organizada en cinco categorías: 1. Cuentos y cantos (grabaciones de audio; dos grabaciones de video); 2. Sesiones de elicitación (grabaciones de audio); 3. Sesiones de traducción (grabaciones de audio); 5. Notas de campo (notas escritas a mano, escaneadas); 5. Fotos de los especialistas lingüísticos y de los sitios de trabajo de campo. En cada categoría, los archivos están organizados en orden cronológico. Los cuentos y cantos están en las carpetas 2022-12.001 hasta 030. Las sesiones de elicitación están en 031 hasta 049. Las sesiones de traducción están en 050 hasta 059. Las notas de campo están en 060. Las fotos están en 061 hasta 062.
   • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
   • Suggested citation: Allegra Robertson. Yánesha' Field Materials, 2022-12, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2BR8R45.