Endangered Languages
Today, there are about 6,500 human languages. Half of them are under threat of extinction within 50 to 100 years. The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS, University of London, supports research, training, and archiving for endangered languages throughout the world.
LDLT2 Conference
 Language Documentation & Linguistic Theory 2 brings together researchers working on linguistic theory and language documentation and description, with a particular focus on innovative work on underdescribed or endangered languages ... read more ...
SOAS, 13 - 14 November 2009.
LDLT papers now available online
Papers from the first Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory conference held at SOAS in December 2007 are now available as downloadable pdf files at: http://www.hrelp.org/eprints/LDLT
Recent events
Teaching field linguistics techniques:
A one-day workshop on topics in linguistic fieldwork including data, ethics, practicalities, curriculum, and student experiences ... read more ...
Endangered Languages Week, 23-28 Feb. Over 400 participants enjoyed displays, discussions, films, debate, Public Lecture, and Workshop ...read more ...
 HRELP
supported
an exhibition Living Language at
East Gallery in Stratford (home of the next Olympics), which
celebrates the International Year of Languages and the diversity
of London's languages and cultures ...
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3L Summer School 2009
 The 2nd International Summer School in Language Documentation & Description
SOAS, 22 June - 3 July 2009.
Group photo
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LDD vol 6 now available
The latest volume of Language Documentation and Description is now available, with papers on:
- language documentation methodology
- sociolinguistics and pedagogy for endangered languages
- software applications
Free DVD of Bernard Spolsky's lecture.
The volume comes with a free DVD of the complete HRELP 2009 Annual Public Lecture, presented by Bernard Spolsky of Bar-Ilan University.
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ELDP applications open
The cycle of ELDP applicationsis open, with invitations to apply for Small Grants, Individual Graduate Scholarships, Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships, and Major Documentation Projects ...read more ...
Donations to HRELP
 HRELP has been donated an engraved jade plaque by OKMA (an association of Mayan linguists), as well as books and CDs on endangered Brazilian languages from research students at Museu Goeldi in Brazil ...
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OREL
OREL - Online Resources for Endangered Languages - is a library of about 350 annotated and categorised links in English and Arabic to websites for people interested in endangered language documentation and revitalisation. Over 40 new sites were added and all listed sites were checked and updated.
OREL includes specialist endangered languages pages in Arabic.
OREL قائمة جديدة لأكثر من 80 مورد إلكترونية منشورة بالعربية مختصة بتهديد اللغات ووصف اللغات المهددة.
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