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ISTROX

Kostrčan(i), 1960s. Frane Stroligo (Cattolico), Tony Hurren, Valeria Jurman-Posidel, Dolores Posidel, Nerina Peculić, Mirijana Peculić. © Tony Hurren

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Žejane, 1960s. View of the village/Pogled na selo. © Tony Hurren

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Šušnjevica, 1960s. Rafaela Bortul, Gracijela Bortul, Dalla Belulović. © Tony Hurren

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Žejane, 1960s. Boćarija. © Tony Hurren

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Kostrčan(i), 1960s. Ive Marmilić (lu Šepalo), Tone Marmilić [Anton Marmilić (Magåta)], Ive Sanković (Bagarin), Ivana Germin, Frane Stroligo (Cattolico), Tony Hurren. © Tony Hurren

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Šušnjevica, 1960s. The Church/Crkva. © Tony Hurren

The Istro-Romanian Language and the Oxford University Hurren Donation

ISTROX is a two-year interdisciplinary project developed in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics at the University of Oxford. It is based on a body of sound recordings donated to the Taylor Institution Library in Oxford. It combines linguistic research and community-sourcing to explore the history of a severely endangered language: Istro-Romanian. Fifty years after these recordings were made by the Oxford linguist Tony Hurren, we plan to use an online platform to engage the remaining speakers of the language to transcribe, translate, and open up this material to specialist linguists and the Istro-Romanian community.

ISTROX is funded by the John Fell Fund.

This project has now concluded.
See our follow-up project hISTROX: History of the Istro-Romanian language