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 Result 11

    • Collection identifier: 2024-13
    • Primary contributors: Harout Albarian (consultant, researcher); Lilit Avetisyan (consultant, researcher); Ernest Baghdasaryan (consultant, researcher); Sarine Baronian (consultant, researcher); Anahit Hovsepyan (consultant, researcher); Joseph Tertzakian-Harris (consultant, researcher, transcriber); Julianne Kapner (researcher, donor, transcriber); Sona Tigranyan (researcher)
    • Additional contributors: Elaine Anderson (consultant); Aleen Babikian (consultant); Garbis Baghdassarian (consultant); Haig Baghdassarian (consultant); Teni Baroiant (consultant); Beth Rustigian Broussalian (consultant); Hasmig Cingoz (consultant); Armen Der Kiureghian (consultant); Nelly Der Kiureghian (consultant); Ani Gevorkian (consultant); Lucine Jamkochian (consultant); Hrag Kalebjian (consultant); Khatchadour Khatchadourian (consultant); Taleen Moughamian (consultant); Sevan Nahabedian (consultant); Agavni Nayman (consultant); Participant BA005 (consultant); Participant EA006 (consultant); Participant EA011 (consultant); Participant WA012 (consultant); Participant WA013 (consultant); Naryne Sarkiss (consultant); Shahane Simonyan (consultant); Hasmig Tatiossian (consultant); Hrayr Varaz (consultant)
    • Languages: Eastern Armenian (hye); English (eng); Western Armenian (hyw)
    • Dates: 2024-
    • Historical information: Armenian is an Indo-European language with two main standards: Eastern Armenian (ISO: hye) and Western Armenian (ISO: hyw). Eastern Armenian is the official and majority language of the Republic of Armenia (Karapetian 2014; Weitenberg 2011). Western Armenian was the language of Armenians in Anatolia, until the 1915-1923 genocide, which effectively ended the presence of Armenians in the region (Karapetian 2014; Weitenberg 2011; Yeghyayan 2022). With the genocide and associated conflict, there was extensive migration; today, there are sizable Western Armenian-speaking populations in the United States, France, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Republic of Armenia, where they form linguistic minorities.
      The Armenian diaspora in the United States is now centered in Los Angeles, but there are also smaller communities elsewhere in the country, including in the San Francisco Bay Area. While there is no accurate count of the size of this population, there are five Armenian churches in the area. In addition, UC Berkeley has an Armenian studies program – which graduates an average of roughly three students per year – and an active Armenian Students Association. Most of these students are transplants from Los Angeles. There is also a K-8 Armenian language immersion school, Krouzian Zekarian Vasbouragan Armenian School (KZV).
      This project is led by Juliane Kapner, a UC Berkeley PhD student. It focuses on Armenian as it is spoken in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kapner is working with Berkeley undergraduates of Armenian descent to record oral histories with Bay Area Armenian speakers. The result is this growing collection.
    • Scope and content: This collection consists of a combination of recorded word lists and oral history interviews. File bundles include sound recordings (WAV) and may include associated text, TextGrid and PDF files of Armenian-language transcripts. Participants also recorded metalinguistic interviews, but these have not been archived (contact Julianne Kapner at julianne_kapner@berkeley.edu for more information).
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Harout Albarian, Lilit Avetisyan, Ernest Baghdasaryan, Sarine Baronian, Anahit Hovsepyan, Joseph Tertzakian-Harris, Julianne Kapner, and Sona Tigranyan. Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project, 2024-13, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29C6WM7.

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    • Item identifier: 2024-13.032
    • Date: 15 Mar 2024
    • Contributors: Aleen Babikian (consultant); Sarine Baronian (researcher); Julianne Kapner (researcher); Joseph Tertzakian-Harris (transcriber)
    • Language: Western Armenian (hyw)
    • Place: Berkeley, CA
    • Description: Summary (written by transcriber Joseph Tertzakian-Harris):
      Aleen Babikian was born in Yerevan and adopted into a Western Armenian family in the United States. In this interview, she discusses the history of her adopted family, who are from Lebanon and Syria. She is currently attending law school at UCSF, and she is the president of the Armenian Law Students Association. Aleen attended University of Wisconsin-Madison for undergraduate studies. While there, she was able to spend a semester abroad in Barcelona, which gave her an opportunity to utilize her Spanish and to travel around Europe. In her free time, Aleen enjoys learning about wine as an inspiring sommelier. She also enjoys playing pickleball with her friends; when she was younger Aleen also partook in tennis and water polo. Aleen also has a strong passion for playing the guitar and she explores her taste in music during the interview.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Interview with Aleen Babikian, 2024-13.032, in "Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X25H7FGK.
    • Item identifier: 2024-13.003
    • Date: 23 Feb 2024
    • Contributors: Lilit Avetisyan (consultant); Sarine Baronian (researcher); Julianne Kapner (researcher, donor)
    • Language: Eastern Armenian (hye)
    • Place: Berkeley, CA
    • Description: At the time of the recording, Lilit Avetisyan was an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Word list with Lilit Avetisyan, 2024-13.003, in "Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2X63M5T.
    • Item identifier: 2024-13.010
    • Date: 15 Mar 2024
    • Contributors: Sarine Baronian (consultant); Lilit Avetisyan (researcher); Julianne Kapner (researcher, transcriber)
    • Language: Western Armenian (hyw)
    • Place: Berkeley, CA
    • Description: At the time of the recording, Sarine Baronian was an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley.
    • Availability: Online access
    • Collection: Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project
    • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
    • Suggested citation: Word list with Sarine Baronian, 2024-13.010, in "Materials of the Armenian Language in the Bay Area (ALBA) Project", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20Z72HD.