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The public Archive contain over 200 documents in 45 languages, annotated by some twenty specialists (this list does not take into account the documents which are currently being processed)

• African languages
• Balkan languages
• Caucasus
• Oceanic Languages
• Nepal/Asia Languages
• Middle East and South America

Corpus of African languages (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher(s)	Archive
Ihanzu	Bantu	Tanzania	Margaret Dunham
Langi	Bantu	Tanzania	Margaret Dunham
Maore	Bantu	The Comoros	Marie-Françoise Rombi
Mbugwe	Bantu	Tanzania	Margaret Dunham
Ngazidja	Bantu	The Comoros	Marie-Françoise Rombi
Nyilamba	Bantu	Tanzania	Margaret Dunham
Uldeme, Wuzlam	Chadic	Cameroon	Véronique de Colombel
Corpus of Balkan languages (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher(s)	Archive
Romani	Indo-Aryan	Greece	Evangelia Adamou
Corpus of languages of the Caucasus (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher(s)	Archive
Abzakh	North Caucasian	Serbia	Niaz Batouka, René Gsell, Catherine Paris
Bjedug	North Caucasian	Russia	Asker Gadagati', A. Michaud, Catherine Paris
Shapsug	North Caucasian	Turkey	Catherine Paris
Ubykh	North Caucasian	Turkey	Georges Dumézil
Corpus of Oceanic Languages (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher	Archive
Ajië	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jacqueline de La Fontinelle
Araki	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Bwatoo	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Cemuhi	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Dorig	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Drehu	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Claire Moyse-Faurie
East Uvean	Austronesian	Wallis & Futuna	Claire Moyse-Faurie
Fagauvea	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Claire Moyse-Faurie, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre†
Iaai	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre†
Koro	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Kwênyii	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Lakon	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Mwesen	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Mwotlap	Austronesian	Vanuatu	Alexandre François
Nelemwa	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Isabelle Bril
Nemi	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre†
Numèè	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Paicî	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Pijé	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Jean-Claude Rivierre
Xaracuu	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Claire Moyse-Faurie
Xaragure	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Claire Moyse-Faurie
Yuanga	Austronesian	New Caledonia	Isabelle Bril
Corpus of Nepal/Asia Languages (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher(s)	Archive
Bahing	Tibeto-burman	Nepal	Boyd Michailovsky
Hayu	Tibeto-burman	Nepal	Boyd Michailovsky
Japhug	Tibeto-burman	China	Guillaume Jacques (CRLAO)
Koyi rai	Tibeto-burman	Nepal	Aimée Lahaussois
Lahu	Tibeto-burman	Thailand	James A. Matisoff (UC Berkeley)
Limbu	Tibeto-burman	Nepal	Boyd Michailovsky
Nepali	Indo-Aryan	Nepal	Marie Lecomte-Tilouine (HIMALAYA)
Tamang	Tibeto-burman	Nepal	Martine Mazaudon
Corpus of the Middle East & South America (introduction)
Language	Family	Country	Researcher(s)	Archive
Yemeni Arabic	Semitic	Yemen	Samia Naïm
Wayana	Carib	Guyana	Hervé Rivière
Yucuna	Arawakan	Colombia	Laurent Fontaine

The Neo-Caledonian materials represent a sample of the collection of over one hundred documents prepared by the specialists of Oceanic languages at the LACITO for the multimedia library of the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Noumea. We hope to make other documents from this unique collection available on the internet in the near future.

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