The primary aim of this cluster is in documenting lesser-known languages from South India, such as Kota and Toda in Tamil Nadu, Gadaba and Naiki in Andhra Pradesh, and Koraga and Kuruba in Karnataka. There is no detailed study dealing with all aspects of these languages in a theoretical framework

The following lists the activities of the cluster in the last two years:

1. To become aware of language documentation and steps to be taken for language conservation, the researchers became members of two online groups that deal with endangered languages.

• LDTC / ELP Language Documentation Training.
• SEL Society for Endangered and Lesser Known Languages.

2.  Attended webinars conducted by the two groups to become aware of the process of Language Documentation.

• Language Documentation Training Webinar (Anna Belew Endangered Languages Project/University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
• Language Conservation and Funding This Work ( Jenny Sou (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
• Creating Dictionaries and Other Language Materials (Stephanie Witkowski, 7000 Languages)
• Documenting Biocultural and Traditional Knowledge (Leah Pappas, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
• Morphology (Words) and Syntax (Sentences) with John Elliott (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
• Language Documentation Training Webinar (N. Ha’alilio Solomon, University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
• Discourses and Ideologies of Language Documentation
• Discourses of Language Endangerment

3.  A Reading list has been created which include works on Language Documentation and the process of revival of Endangered Languages. A Sample list is provided below.