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Berkeley Field Methods: Aymara
- Collection identifier: 2014-10
- Primary contributors: Hector Zapana Almanza (consultant); Kenneth Baclawski (researcher); Spencer Lamoureux (researcher); Herman Leung (researcher); Lev Michael (researcher); Zachary O'Hagan (researcher; ORCID); Alfonso Otaegui (researcher); Nicholas Rolle (researcher); Kamala Russell (researcher); Hannah Sande (researcher); Eva Schinzel (researcher); Amalia Horan Skilton (researcher)
- Language: Aymara
- Dates: September 2014 to May 2015
- Historical information: These materials were produced by students of the field methods course in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley between September 2014 and May 2015. The course was taught by Professor Lev Michael and the language consultant was Hector Zapana Almanza, a native speaker of the variety of Aymara spoken around Lake Titicaca in Peru. All other listed contributors were students in the course.
- Scope and content: This collection consists of audio recordings and scanned copies of field notes that derive from elicitation sessions conducted during biweekly class meetings held throughout the course of the academic year. Some texts are included.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Hector Zapana Almanza, Kenneth Baclawski, Spencer Lamoureux, Herman Leung, Lev Michael, Zachary O'Hagan, Alfonso Otaegui, Nicholas Rolle, Kamala Russell, Hannah Sande, Eva Schinzel, and Amalia Horan Skilton. Berkeley Field Methods: Aymara, 2014-10, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2S180HS.
Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses
- Collection identifier: 2018-27
- Contributors: Kenneth Baclawski (speaker); Emily Clem (speaker, participant); Virginia Dawson (speaker, participant); Myriam Lapierre (speaker, participant); Kelsey Neely (speaker, participant); Zachary O'Hagan (speaker, participant); Amalia Horan Skilton (speaker, researcher, participant); Nicolas Arms (participant); Bernat Bardagil Mas (participant); Christine Beier (participant); Maksymilian Dabkowski (participant); Justin Davidson (participant); Amy Rose Deal (participant); Emily Drummond (participant); Stephanie Farmer (participant); Karee Garvin (participant); William Hanks (participant); Larry M. Hyman (participant); Sharon Inkelas (participant); Peter Jenks (participant); Darya Kavitskaya (participant); Erik Hans Maier (participant); John Merrill (participant); Lev Michael (participant); Line Mikkelsen (participant); Zaphiel Miller (participant); Kayla Palakurthy (participant); Emily Remirez (participant); Nicholas Rolle (participant); Katherine Russell (participant); Hannah Sande (participant); Tessa Scott (participant); Elise Stickles (participant); Eve Sweetser (participant); Jasper Talwani (participant); Seth Yalcin (participant)
- Languages: Amahuaca (amc); Caquinte (cot); Eastern Cham (cjm); Panära (kre); Ticuna (tca); Tiwa (lax); Yaminawa (yaa)
- Dates: 2018-
- Scope and content: Audio and/or video recordings of PhD defenses in the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, with associated materials such as PDFs of slides and handouts, audio and video example clips, etc.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: . Berkeley Linguistics PhD Defenses, 2018-27, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XK8CQS.
Berkeley Undergraduate Field Methods: Lulamogi
- Collection identifier: 2020-14
- Primary contributors: Andrew Mukacha (consultant); Sarah Bothfeld (researcher); Matthew Faytak (researcher); Alejandro Granados (researcher); Larry M. Hyman (researcher, donor); Justin Lei (researcher); Emil Minas (researcher); Mark Morales (researcher); Nicholas Rolle (researcher); Donald Schultz (researcher); Jeffrey Spingeld (researcher)
- Language: Lulamogi
- Dates: Aug-Nov 2013
- Historical information: These materials were produced as part of Linguistics 140, the undergraduate field methods course at UC Berkeley, taught by Larry Hyman. The consultant was Andrew Mukacha, and the remaining listed researchers were students in the course, with the exception of Matthew Faytak and Nicholas Rolle, who sat in on the class as graduate students.
- Scope and content: Audio recordings of class and small-group elicitation sessions
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Andrew Mukacha, Sarah Bothfeld, Matthew Faytak, Alejandro Granados, Larry M. Hyman, Justin Lei, Emil Minas, Mark Morales, Nicholas Rolle, Donald Schultz, and Jeffrey Spingeld. Berkeley Undergraduate Field Methods: Lulamogi, 2020-14, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2QJ7FTC.
CiShingini (Agwara Kambari) Field Materials
- Collection identifier: 2015-05
- Primary contributors: Seth Ango Liatu (consultant); Ishaya Musa (consultant); Mark Sunday (consultant); Joshua Zaure (consultant); Geoff Bacon (researcher, donor); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Matthew James (consultant); Mary Joshua (consultant, depicted); Ezekiel Musa (consultant); Geoff Bacon (depicted); Seth Ango Liatu (depicted); Nicholas Rolle (depicted); Joshua Zaure (depicted)
- Language: CiShingini (asg)
- Dates: 2015
- Historical information: In the summer of 2015, UC Berkeley graduate students Nicholas Rolle and Geoff Bacon worked with the sizeable CiShingini population living in the city of Ilorin, Nigeria (living outside of their traditional villages). CiShingini (ISO 639-3: asg) is a Kainji language, part of the Benue-Congo family within the Niger-Congo phylum. The language is indigenously spoken in scattered villages throughout the middle Western regions of Nigeria, near Lake Kainji. CiShingini is also known as Agwara Kambari or simply Kambari. The language is situated between the two largest language areas in Nigeria, with the Hausa to the north and the Yoruba to the south. In our experience, CiShingini speakers are completely fluent in Hausa but as a whole do not speak any Yoruba, even if they are Christian. Use of English varies.
  Serious attempts to describe CiShingini have been undertaken previously by John and Janie Stark. It was the stated goal of our fieldwork to build on the materials they already collected in three primary domains: lexical and grammatical tone (which had very little description in previous publications), quantification, and syntax. This was mostly done through elicitation in order to control for all relevant variables. The contact language for recording sessions was English (not Hausa or Pidgin). Nicholas Rolle worked with the CiShingini for under a month, while Geoff Bacon worked with them for 1 1/2 months. Our main consultants whom we worked with were Ishaya Musa, Mark Sunday, Joshua Zaure, and Seth Ango Liatu, all first language speakers of CiShingini who would exclusively use CiShingini in daily communication.
  We would like to thank these consultants for sharing their language, and acknowledge funding from a Rocca Pre-dissertation Fellowship from the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley.
- Scope and content: Audio files, field notes, metadata spreadsheets, tone database
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Seth Ango Liatu, Ishaya Musa, Mark Sunday, Joshua Zaure, Geoff Bacon, and Nicholas Rolle. CiShingini (Agwara Kambari) Field Materials, 2015-05, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23N21JC.
Esan Field Materials
- Collection identifier: 2016-12
- Primary contributors: Anthony I. Akhiale (consultant); Angela Egbadon (consultant); Philomena Egbadon (consultant); Irehobhude Iyioha (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Omon Iyioha Jr. (consultant); Isedehi Isibor Odion (consultant); Amu Samuel (consultant); Anthony I. Akhiale (depicted); Nicholas Rolle (depicted, photographer)
- Languages: Ogwa Esan; Uromi Esan
- Dates: 2014-
- Historical information: Fieldwork began while Rolle was a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley, with financial support from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant (Berkeley). Fieldwork in 2019 focused on the Ogwa dialect while Rolle was Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Program in Linguistics at Princeton University.
- Scope and content: Sound recordings of elicitation sessions and stories, scanned field notes, metadata sheets, databases. Bundles typically consist of a multimedia .pdf file with embedded audio (produced by a Livescribe Echo Smartpen) and an associated .pencast file; .m4a audio exports from the Smartpen; an audioless .pdf export from the Smartpen; and, in most cases, a .wav file from a separate recorder, which may be fully or partially overlapping with the pen audio.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Anthony I. Akhiale, Angela Egbadon, Philomena Egbadon, Irehobhude Iyioha, and Nicholas Rolle. Esan Field Materials, 2016-12, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20K26SZ.
Izon Field Materials
- Collection identifier: 2017-08
- Primary contributors: Dengimo-Owei Gift Jumbo (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Kemenupre U. Fresh (consultant); Kioyengitari Inesei (consultant); Dengimo-Owei Gift Jumbo (depicted); Nicholas Rolle (depicted, photographer)
- Languages: Gbarain Izon; Izon (ijc)
- Dates: 2017-
- Historical information: Fieldwork in 2017 followed Rolle's fifth year as a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley, with financial support from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant (Berkeley). Fieldwork in 2019 focused on the Gbarain dialect while Rolle was Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and the Program in Linguistics at Princeton University.
- Scope and content: Sound recordings of elicitation sessions; scanned field notes. Primarily of Gbarain dialect; one session focused on Kolokuma dialect (2017-08.016). Bundles consist of a multimedia .pdf file with embedded audio (produced by a Livescribe Echo Smartpen) and an associated .pencast file; .m4a audio exports from the Smartpen; an audioless .pdf export from the Smartpen; and, in most cases, a .wav file from a separate recorder, which may be fully or partially overlapping with the pen audio, as specified in the metadata.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Dengimo-Owei Gift Jumbo and Nicholas Rolle. Izon Field Materials, 2017-08, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2736P26.
Kalabari Field Materials
- Collection identifier: 2017-09
- Primary contributors: Jackreece Charles (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Otelemate Harry (consultant); Deborah Lolomari (consultant); Ekene Gordons (participant)
- Language: Kalabari (ijn)
- Dates: 2017-
- Historical information: In-situ fieldwork in Port Harcourt, Nigeria following Rolle's fifth year as a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics, UC Berkeley, with financial support from an Oswalt Endangered Language Grant (UCB)
- Scope and content: Sound recordings of elicitation sessions; PDF scans of field notes. Bundles consist of a multimedia .pdf file with embedded audio (produced by a Livescribe Echo Smartpen) and an associated .pencast file; .m4a audio exports from the Smartpen; an audioless .pdf export from the Smartpen; and, in most cases, a .wav file from a separate recorder, which may be fully or partially overlapping with the pen audio, as specified in the metadata.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Jackreece Charles and Nicholas Rolle. Kalabari Field Materials, 2017-09, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23B5XBG.
Limba Field Materials
- Collection identifier: 2022-06
- Primary contributors: Kondeh Mansaray (consultant); Nicholas Rolle (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Alieu Borbor Ataya (consultant); Kawu Kamara (consultant); Samuel S. Koroma (consultant); Yallon Koroma (consultant); Gbunde Mansaray (consultant); Andrew Marah (consultant); John Marah (consultant); Kondowulay Marah (consultant, depicted); Albert Korloi Sesay (consultant); John Sise (consultant); Kondeh Mansaray (depicted)
- Language: Limba (lma)
- Dates: 2022-
- Historical information: Limba (Glottocode: limb1257; iso: lma) is a dialect cluster of northern Sierra Leone, with a few communities in Guinea. This collection contains materials from the Wara Wara dialect, specifically as spoken in and around the towns of Yagala and Kabala.
  As of August 2022, Limba is spoken by 500,000 to 1 million speakers, with a large number in Limba diaspora within and outside of Sierra Leone. Despite its large speaker number, it is endangered as Sierra Leonean Krio is spoken by everyone in the village, and is frequent in everyday speech. Few outsiders learn Limba, and many Limba live in environments dominated by another ethnic group.
  The materials in this collection were collected by Nicholas Rolle (PhD Berkeley 2018) while he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) in Berlin, Germany. The collection contains transcriptions in the Limba orthography, the most important being <ɛ> for [ɛ], <ɔ> [ɔ], <th> [t̪] (dental t), <t>~<ts> [t] (alveolar t), and <ŋ> for [ŋ]. The main focus of fieldwork in 2022 was to document vocabulary and tone, and to collect stories. In 2023, it was for noun classes, tense/aspect/mood, syntax in general, and names and uses for plants and trees.
  Audio was recorded on a Marantz recorder in WAV format, usually with a lapel microphone. Video was recorded via a Zoom video recorder. Additionally, sometimes iPhone was used to record. For notes, a Livescribe pen and notes were used. Financial support came from ZAS-internal funds.
- Scope and content: Audio and video recordings of the Wara Wara dialect of Limba (recorded in 2022 and 2023). File bundles correspond to distinct recording sessions, being either texts or elicitation. Complete field notes are included in bundles 2022-06.003, 2022-06.004, 2022-06.028, and 2022-06.029. A lexicon of about 1000 elicited lexical items is in 2022-06.002, later updated in 2022-06.030. Photographs are in 2022-06.027.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Kondeh Mansaray and Nicholas Rolle. Limba Field Materials, 2022-06, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2G73CM2.
Materials on Areal Linguistic Features of Africa
- Collection identifier: 2024-04
- Primary contributors: Larry M. Hyman (researcher); Nicholas Rolle (researcher); Hannah Sande (researcher, donor)
- Additional contributors: Nico Baier (researcher); Emily Clem (researcher); Lydia Felice (researcher); Karee Garvin (researcher); Peter Jenks (researcher); Anna Macknick (researcher); Madeleine Oakley (researcher); Katherine Russell (researcher)
- Dates: 2016-
- Historical information: This collection consists of typological surveys of data from African languages. Initially, much of this data was collected or inspired by a graduate seminar, Areal Linguistic Features of Africa, taught by Larry Hyman in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley in the spring of 2016. Many of the surveys represented in this collection also began after the 2016 seminar.
- Scope and content: File bundles include data from surveys on distinct areal features and contain spreadsheets of survey responses, as well as any additional related material from the typological surveys. File bundle titles reflect the topics investigated in particular surveys.
- Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Suggested citation: Larry M. Hyman, Nicholas Rolle, and Hannah Sande. Materials on Areal Linguistic Features of Africa, 2024-04, California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NK3D7J.

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