Documenting Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Raji/ Banraji Community of India
The objective of the present project is to conduct ethnobotanical surveys focus on the complex connection between local inhabitants and local plants, including practices and cultural beliefs associated with different forms of uses.
Tharu Cultural Preservation
Tharu is a famous tribe of North India and Nepal. Different groups are found in different regions- Rana, Dangaura, Kochila/ Moringa, Chitwania, and Kathariya.
Raji Revitalization Phase III
In continuation with earlier Revitalization Program from September 2023 SEL plans to start a Raji teaching Program in collaboration with Raji community children.
Dorli Lexicon Collection
दोर्ली बोली बस्तर के छत्तीसगढ़ की एक बोली रूप में जानी जाती है । इसे कुछ लोग गोंडी का ही (बस्तर के दक्षिणी हिस्से का )एक रूप मानते हैं जिसको दोर्ली / दोर्ला भी कहा जाता है ।इस लघु परियोजना के तहत डॉ. आरती पाठक , रायपुर द्वारा दोर्ली बोली की शब्दावली का संकलन कर संस्था को भेजा गया
Swadesh Word List Project
Under this project we are collecting data for various small languages of India with the objective to create new data repository for mother tongues.
JAD orthography development program
Jad is spoken by a tribe named Jad or Rongpa/ Rongba presently inhabiting in the hilly region of Garhwal, Uttarakhand.
Raji Revitalization Program– Phase II
Raji ISO 639-3 code jnl is a little-known tribal community inhabiting the eleven small hamlets in the state of Uttarakhand, the hill base region of the west-central Himalayas, India.
Documentation & Archiving of sTodpa, Punan, Pattani and Spiti _Phase I
SEL started this project on the request of Mr. Tobdan, a native speaker of sTodpa language. In the beginning he introduced us with a group of ten different speakers who wanted to preserve their language and culture.
Development of sustainable economic initiatives rooted in the traditional knowledge of Raji community
The objective of the present project was to develop alternative sustainable economic initiatives for the Raji community by conducting a series of workshops
Revitalizing Raji: A Workshop Series To Introduce Script and Encourage Its Usage
SEL provided human resource and on ground support to a FEL (Foundation for Endangered Languages) funded project in organizing two workshops during 19th April to 25th April 2018.