“Abun Ari Re” (Our Surroundings) will soon become the first-ever children’s book published in Birhor, an endangered Munda language spoken in India. We are in the final production stage of creating this book, and will be printing many copies in early 2021 for educational use in Birhor tribal communities. Here is a draft of one of the pages:
Finishing this project through remote collaboration has not been easy, but well worth the challenge. This project was made possible by ongoing work by Living Tongues linguists, Birhor speakers, and indigenous artists in India (with support from the Zegar Family Foundation). Full credits below.
AUTHOR
Dr. Bikram Jora
ILLUSTRATORS
Khandu Degio
Sashi Kant Lakra
Dipika Hemrom
BIRHOR LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS
Bishwanath Birhor
Madhuri Birhor
Kameshwar Birhor
Kaushila Birhor
Bitni Birhor
Malti Birhor
Seema Birhor
Anil Birhor
CONTENT EDITING
Dr. Bikram Jora
Dr. Luke Horo
Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson
Anna Luisa Daigneault, M.Sc
Anukaran Marki
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Shashi Kant Lakra
Dr. Bikram Jora
PUBLISHER
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
Supported by
Zegar Family Foundation
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