keelekirja
Keelekirja is a term used in Estonian-language linguistic contexts to refer to a written record of a language. The exact usage varies, but it commonly denotes a document that records linguistic data such as phonology, grammar, lexicon, and orthography, either as a field notebook, a descriptive grammar, or a dictionary created for a language.
Etymology and form: The word is a compound of keele ('language') and kirja ('book' or 'writing'), reflecting
Contexts: Keelekirja appears in documentation projects for endangered languages or in historical linguistic studies where researchers
Relation to other concepts: It overlaps with language documentation, field notes, grammars, dictionaries, and orthography notes.
See also: language documentation, grammar, dictionary, corpus linguistics.