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How to install or update the Achumawi database

These instructions are for a Windows PC. 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:

Or as mirrored on Dropbox here:

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:
    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.

Bear in mind that this is a research tool, not a dictionary. It is being used to create teaching materials, and a dictionary will result, but the focus now is on making this as complete and accurate as possible.

The material and analysis presented here has been supported in part by NEH Fellowship FN-50116-13 "Building an Achumawi linguistic database" (2012-2013), NEH Grant PD-250041-16 "Achumawi (Pit River; acv) linguistic database" (2016-2019), and NSF Grant 1951923 "Implementing a linguistic database for analysis of an endangered language" (2020-2023). The Endangered Language Fund (ELF) is the fiduciary agent,. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this database, app, Webonary, and related resources do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities, those of the National Science Foundation, or those of the Endangered Language Fund.