Publications
Research and resources
Open-access grammar sketches, field reports and bibliographies from our researchers, plus guides and tools for anyone documenting a language.
Research
- Living Grammar Sketches Living Grammar Sketches present concise yet authoritative grammatical introductions to under-researched, endangered, and minority languages spoken in Africa. Each volume is authored by a team of linguists, including at…
- Munda Languages: Publications The publications listed on this page are among the research results of the Munda Languages Initiative . Anderson Anderson, Gregory D. S. 2017. “Munda Languages. ” In Oxford Bibliographies in Linguistics . Ed. Mark…
- Field Reports Enduring Voices | Field Reports Expedition to Australia, August 2007 Expedition to Bolivia, June 2007 Fieldwork in Siberia, July 2008 Expedition to Paraguay, June 2009 Fieldwork in Western North America, June 2009…
- Newsletters Click links to view newsletters 2014 – December | Fieldwork in Papua New Guinea, The Isle of Man, Ways to Support Living Tongues 2013 – February | International Mother Language Day, Talking Dictionaries, Indiegogo…
Bibliographies
- Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson’s Bibliography Books, articles, talking dictionaries, conference presentations and maps by Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson, founder and director of the Living Tongues Institute.
- Dr. K. David Harrison’s Bibliography Books, articles, conference papers, online talking dictionaries and talks by Dr. K. David Harrison, linguist of endangered languages in Siberia, South Asia and beyond.
- Dr. Mark Donohue’s Bibliography Books, articles, chapters and conference papers by Dr. Mark Donohue on the languages of New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, Australia and the Himalayas, with archived PDFs.
- Dr. Bolanle Arokoyo’s Bibliography Dr. Bolanle Elizabeth Arokoyo is a Nigerian linguist, a Living Tongues Fellow, and a lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. In 2017, with the…
Tools and guides
- Language Sustainability Toolkit UPDATE – April 28, 2022: We’ve just released the latest version of The Language Sustainability Toolkit (version 2.0). It was created as a collaborative project between Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages…
- The Master Elicitation List Citizen linguists and community language activists undertaking documentation projects often ask us: what words and phrases should we document in endangered languages? Is there a list available to use as prompts? How do…
- Glossary At Living Tongues Institute, we maintain the Living Dictionaries platform, an online dictionary-building website for endangered languages as well as under-represented languages. These dictionaries serve as active,…
- Educational Resources for Endangered Languages We receive inquiries from around the world from people seeking educational and curriculum planning resources for endangered languages, so we created a list of links to teaching methods, handbooks, and supplementary…
- Endangered Languages Resource Page People often approach us seeking information about the world’s endangered languages. In particular, they ask about ongoing documentation projects, regional archives, and how they can get involved. In an effort to…
- Funding opportunities for Endangered Languages Language documentation and revitalization projects need adequate funding to be sustainable over time. While governmental support for endangered languages may be scanty in many parts of the world, there is a growing list…
- Learn Languages Online If you want to learn an endangered language online, where do you begin? We are pleased to address this topic in our latest resource, “ Learn Languages Online: A Guide To Studying Indigenous, Under-Resourced and Minority…
- Links We recommend checking out the following links. Endangered Languages Resource Page : a useful array of online resources compiled by our researchers and arranged according to Language Hotspots. Google’s Endangered…
Film, events and history
- The Linguists (Film) The Linguists is an independent 2008 American documentary film produced by Ironbound Films about language extinction and language documentation. It follows two linguists, Dr. Gregory D. S. Anderson and Dr. K. David…
- Past Events, Lectures, and Conferences Dr. Anderson’s Solo Presentations 2013a. Leipzig. S/TAM/P Morphs in the Macro-Sudan Belt. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 2013b. Orcas Island. Vanishing Languages: The Salish and Northwest…
- ICAAL 10 – Conference Information The 10th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL10) Program The 10th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL10) will take place at Living Tongues Institute for Endangered…
- “One World, Many Voices” at Smithsonian Folklife Festival (2013) One World, Many Voices Endangered Languages and Cultural Heritage Of the more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world today—many of them unrecorded—up to half may disappear in this century. As languages vanish,…
- Panel at Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (Nov. 9, 2013) The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages is proud to be collaborating with the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (November 4-9, 2013) to organize a panel on First Nations indigenous languages. The event will…
- Numbers At a Glance: 2013-2017 In an effort to create an overview of our operations and budget in recent years, as well as celebrate our program achievements, we are describing our income sources as well as including a handful of graphics that help…
- Thank you to our 2021 interns and assistants Training the next generation of endangered language activists and scholars is important to us. In 2021, we welcomed six different intern cohorts working on the Sora language documentation project as well as on the…
- Frequently asked questions ABOUT LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT Why are languages going extinct so rapidly? Languages are abandoned when speakers come to think of them as socially inferior, tied to the past, traditional, backward, or economically…
- Careers and Internships Careers: We have no paid positions at this time. Thank you for your interest. Internships: We will post upcoming opportunities as they become available. Thank you to all our past interns who have worked with us! Please…