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Molly Boone
Linguistics

Mentor: Dr. Rosa Vallejos Yopán

Project: Developing a lexical database for an indigenous Amazonian language


About Molly Boone

Secoya, the language of the Aido-Pãi people in the Amazonian rainforest, is currently classified by UNESCO as “definitely endangered”. My research focuses on aiding the development of a lexical database that will serve as a critical first step toward building a dictionary, which can in turn contribute to the Secoya language having a longer lifespan.