Dr. R Karthick Narayanan

Linguist|Archivist

Post Doctoral Fellow

Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Krea University

Educational Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2014-2021)

Thesis Title: Maintenance of minority languages of Nilgiri district, Tamilnadu - A Case Study of Toda and Kota

Supervisors: Prof. Anvita Abbi & Prof. Ayesha Kidwai

Master of Philosophy, Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2012-2014)

Dissertation Title: Assessing Vitality of Languages Spoken by Less than 10,000 speakers in India

Supervisor: Prof. Anvita Abbi

Master of Arts, Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2010-2012)

Dissertation Title: Phonetics and Phonology of Shekhawati

Bachelor of Education, English Language Teaching, Tamilnadu Teacher Education University, Chennai, India (2009-2010)

Bachelor of Arts English, Loyola College, University of Madras, Chennai, India (2006-2009)

Research interest

1. Sociolinguistics

2. Documentation and Description of lesser-known languages of India

3. Language maintenance and Revitalization

4. Language Archiving

Language Documentation and Archiving Experience

Toda Oral Literature documentation, Sahitya Akademi, April 2015-February 2016

Rongpo Language Documentation, Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, Central Institute of Indian Languages, May 2016 to August 2018

Spiti Language Documentation, Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, Central Institute of Indian Languages, September 2016 to present

Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalayas Endangered Language Archive (SiDHELA), Sikkim University

Language Repository of India, Central Institute of Indian Languages

Publications

Book:
Maarum Ulagil Maraiyaa Oligal Thodar Vaimozhi Ilakkiyathin Oru Thoguppu (‘Enduring Voices in the changing times: A collection of Toda Oral Literature’): A collection of Toda oral literature, collected and translated into Tamil by Vasamalli and Karthick Narayanan, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2017 (ISBN: 978-81-260-5344-5)

Monograph:
Multlinguality, Vitality and Endangerment: Insights from the Lived Experiences of Multilingual India: Karthick Narayanan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (In Preparation)

Journals Published in India:

Author - Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Paper - Assessing Language Endangerment: A Methodological Review, Journal Name - Language in India, Publisher of Journal - M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D, Volume Number - 19 Issue Number - 7, Year - 2109, Page No. 128-145.

Author - Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Paper - Made in India SiDHELA India's first endangered language archive, Journal Name - DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, Publisher of Journal - DRDO, Volume Number - 40 Issue Number - 5, Year - 2020, Page No. 292-299, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.40.05.16349.

Authors - Shankar Narayanan, Aravind Illa, Nayan Anand, Ganesh Sinisetty, Karthick Narayanan, and Prasanta Kumar Ghosh, Title of the Paper - An acoustic investigation on the effect of speaking rate on vowel space and coarticulation in Toda VCV sequences, Journal Name - Sadhana, Publisher of Journal - Indian Academy of Sciences, Volume Number - 46, Issue Number - 128, Year - 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021-01639-8.

Author - Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Paper - Toda Grammars, Journal Name - Anikethana, Publisher of Journal - Karnataka Sahitya Academy, Yet to be Published.

Journals Published Abroad:

Authors - Hima, Ktien & R. Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Paper - Rokdung (Sikkim, India) Language Contexts, Journal Name - Language Documentation and Description, Publisher of Journal - ELPublishing, Volume Number - 19, Issue Number - NA, Year - 2020, Page No. 66-78, DOI: http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/209.

Authors - Karthick Narayanan & Meiraba Takhellambam, Title of the Paper - A Collaboratory model for Creation of Digital Language Archives in India, Journal Name - The Electronic Library, Publisher of Journal - Emerald Insight, https://www.emerald.com/insight/0264-0473.htm.

Book Chapters:

Author - R. Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Chapter - Tradition vs Aspiration: Gender Differences and Language Shift in Linguistic Diversity In South And Southeast Asia, Edited by - Anvita Abbi and Kapila Vatsyayan, Published by - Pimus Books, 2022, Delhi, India, ISBN: 978-93-91144-18-0.

Author - R. Karthick Narayanan, Title of the Chapter - Language Endangerment Studies, Edited by - Tariq Khan, Basavaraja Kodugunti, and Chinmay Dharurkar, Published by - Central Institute for Indian Language, In preparation.

Authors - Shobhana L. Chelliah, Uma Pappuswamy, Karthick Narayanan, Chapter 51: Language documentation in the TB context, Edited by - Hildebrandt et al, The Oxford Guide to the Tibeto-Burman Languages, Published by Oxford University Press, In preparation.

Conference Proceedings:

Authors - R. Karthick Narayanan and Meiraba Takhellambam, Title - Emerging Role of Libraries in Language Archiving in India: A Case Study of SiDHELA, Proceedings Title - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc 2021, Editors - Oksana L. Zavalina and Shobhana L. Chelliah, Year - 2021, Page Nos. 5-7.

Author - R. Karthick Narayanan, Title - Traditional Religious-Cultural Practices & Reversing Language Shift among Todas of Nilgiri, Proceedings Title - Proceedings of the Foundation for Endangered Languages Annual Conference, FEL XXVI (2022) Community ownership of language education for endangered language revitalization, Editors - Siri Tuttle and Wafa Hozien, Yet to be published.

Invited Talks

Understanding language endangerment at Zoomdemic Organized FLING@JNU, New Delhi. April 15, 2020.

Language Archiving: How to plan one in low resource context? at Two-Day International Webinar on “Linguistics and Indigenous Communities" Organized By: Department of Linguistics and Contrastive Study of Tribal Languages, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, M.P. July 7, 2020.

Centre for Endangered Languages, Sikkim University’s Collection-An Epistemic Background at 2020 Meeting of the Computational Resource of South Languages Archive NSF Funded Session: Curating materials on ICSTLL language Organized By: University of North Texas (UNT), October 1, 2020.

Role of Libraries and Archives in Language Documentation and Digital Archiving: A tool for Preservation of Indigenous Languages at International Archives Week Celebrations, Organized by Kala Nidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. June 11, 2021.

Research and Teaching Experience

July 2014 - December 2014, Junior Resource Person, Scheme of Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, Karnataka 570006.

April 2015 - August 2015, Research Assistant, Toda Oral Literature Project, Center for Oral and Tribal Literature, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 110001.

August 2015 - December 2015, Course Teacher B.A. Introduction to Phonetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

August 2015 - November 2015, Fieldworks and Data Digitization Tutor, M.A. Field Methods Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

January 2016, Research Assistant, Toda Oral Literature Project, Center for Oral and Tribal Literature, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 110001.

August 2016 - November 2016, Fieldworks and Data Digitization Tutor, M.A. Field Methods Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

July 2016 - December 2016, Junior Resource Person, Scheme of Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, Rongpa and Spiti, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

October 2019 - September 2020, Research Associate cum Digital Archivist, Center For Endangered Languages, Sikkim University, Gangtok 737101.

January 2021 - June 2021, Teaching Faculty, Department of Linguistics, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka 585367.

October 2021 - January 2022, Senior Resource Person, Orthography Development for Languages of North-East India, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Ministry of Education, Mysuru, Karnataka 570006.

Grants Awarded

2023-24, Krea Faculty Reasearch Fellowship, Co-Principle Investigator, Krea University, Sricity.

2022-24,Post Doctoral Fellowship at Moturi Satyanarayana Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Krea University, Sricity.

2016-18,ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

karthick[dot]narayanan[at]krea[dot]edu[dot]in,

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