Traditional music as a central pillar of language documentation: the case of the Sambla “talking balafon”
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Traditional music is often just endangered, if not more so, than the languages in which it is performed. This talk draws on a case study from Burkina Faso illustrating how placing traditional music centrally in language documentation leads to a culturally rich, community-oriented corpus that helps preserve both. (session 1.3.5) 44772.mp3
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