Monday, August 3, 2026

Summer 2026 Fieldwork (Kpelegbe) by the Numbers

From June 1 to August 1, I was in Togo to do fieldwork on Kpelegbe, a dialect of Ewe spoken in Togo. This was my second year of fielwork on Kpelegbe. The following numbers give an overview of what I have accomplished. 

A summary for the summer of 2025 can be found here:

Summer 2025 Fieldwork (Kpelegbe) by the Numbers

Summer 2026

1. Six native speaker consultants for Kpelegbe (2 male, 5 female)

2. 33 days of fieldwork (spread over 7 weeks)

3. 1,178 lexical items recorded, transcribed, translated, and entered into FLEx

4. 6,996 sound files (.wav) of words and phrases

5. 22 video recordings of oral texts (neither transcribed nor translated)

6. 21 audio recordings of oral texts (neither transcribed nor translated)

7. 756 photos.

Two-Year Total (summer 2025 and summer 2026)

1. Eight native speaker consultants (3 male, 6 female)

2. 52 days of fieldwork (spread of 12 weeks)

3. 1,878 lexical items recorded, transcribed, translated and entered into FLEx

4. 11,238 sound files (.wav) of words and phrases

5. 41 video recordings of oral texts (neither transcribed or translated)

6. 42 audio recordings of oral texts (neither transcribed or translated)

7. 1,871 photos

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