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How to install or update
The Achumawi database

These instructions are for a Windows PC or Windows emulation on an Apple computer. To use the database, you must first install Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLEx). Read Installation_Instructions.pdf.

Download the current backup

Download the most recent backup file of the Achumawi language database here:

See under 'Monthly Reports', above, for a summary of recent work.

To install the database backup for the first time

After you have opened the FLEx software:

  1. Go to
    File > Open

  2. Navigate to the folder where you placed the backup file that you just downloaded.

  3. Select the file and click Open.

To update your installed copy of the database

To update your copy of the database:

  1. Navigate to the folder where you placed the backup file that you just downloaded.

  2. Copy the backup file to the FLEx backup folder. The usual pathname is:
    C:\Users\<name>\Documents\My FieldWorks\Backups

    (Here, <name> stands for your user name on your computer.)

  3. Open FLEx, and select
    File > Project Management > Restore a Project

  4. Select the file that you just downloaded.

    (If there is more than one file, the most recent one is at the top of the list. You can discard earlier backup files if you wish.)

To search in the database

To search from English to Achumawi:

  1. In the Texts & Words view, select Concordance.
  2. In the Search in the line field of the Concordance, select Word Gloss. 
  3. Type the English word that you want to search for.

You can search for words and phrases in this FLEx database, but bear in mind that it is a research tool, not a dictionary. It is being used to create teaching materials, and a dictionary and grammar will result, but the focus now is on making it as complete and accurate as possible as the basis for those products. The Webonary is work in progress automatically generated from the database, and is not a polished or complete dictionary.

Fieldwork by Bruce Nevin 1970-1974 was supported in 1970 by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages and that in 1992 by the Robert Oswalt Fund. Analysis in a computer database commenced in 1986 and has been supported under the Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program in 2012-2013 (NEH Fellowship FN-50116-13 "Building an Achumawi linguistic database"), in 2016-2019 (NEH Grant PD-250041-16 "Achumawi (Pit River; acv) linguistic database"), in 2020-2023 (NSF Grant 1951923 "Implementing a linguistic database for analysis of an endangered language"), and in 2024-2027 (NSF Grant 2301936 "Pit River Languages Database Project: Achumawi (acv) and Atsugewi (atw)"). The Endangered Language Fund (ELF) has been the fiduciary agent enabling application for grants since 2015. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this database, app, Webonary, and related resources do not necessarily represent those of the National Science Foundation, those of the National Endowment for the Humanities, or those of the Endangered Language Fund.