Sources & Acknowledgments

A comprehensive overview of the sources, contributors, and organizations that have made this project possible.

Primary Documentation

Dr. Roger Van Otterloo's Foundational Work

Our Kifuliiru language documentation draws substantially from the pioneering work of Dr. Roger Van Otterloo, who was instrumental in developing the first writing system for Kifuliiru in the early 1980s.

Principal Source:

Van Otterloo, Roger. (2015). Fuliiru Narrative Discourse. SIL International, Language and Culture Documentation and Description 32.

Key Contributions:

  • The Kifuliiru noun class system
  • Verbal morphology and tense-aspect patterns
  • Discourse structures in narrative texts
  • Thematic development markers

Additional Academic Sources

  • Lewis, M. Paul, et al.

    Ethnologue: Languages of the World (2014)

  • Guthrie, Malcolm

    Comparative Bantu (1971)

  • Maho, Jouni Filip

    NUGL Online (2009)

Community Contributors

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of native Kifuliiru speakers from the Bafuliiru community in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Current Efforts

  • Vocabulary documentation
  • Interactive learning materials
  • Digital preservation

Support

  • Indigenous Language Digital Initiative
  • Cultural Preservation Foundation
  • Digital Humanities Consortium

We acknowledge that language documentation is an ongoing process. While we strive for accuracy and comprehensiveness, we welcome feedback and additional contributions from the Bafuliiru community and linguistic experts to continue improving this resource.