Join the researchers of Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages for our 2nd Annual Online Gala, where we present some of our highlights and innovations from 2023!
When: Saturday, Dec 9, 2023 Time: 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Where: Zoom online meeting
2023 was a huge year for us. During this event, our researchers from around the world will share news about our language documentation projects, updates regarding the Living Dictionaries online platform, as well as our new research findings, publications and awards.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Nathan Badenoch to the Living Tongues team as a Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia. Welcome, Nathan!
Dr. Nathan Badenoch is a linguist who has been working in the field in mainland Southeast since 1999, researching languages, cultures and ecosystems of upland people. He is interested in the diversity of languages spoken in the region and the networks of language use that connect people. His previous work in local environmental governance facilitated his exposure to how language is used and changes within specific socio-ecological settings.
His recent geographic focus has been northern Laos, where he is currently engaged in ethnolinguistic research on Austroasiatic (Bit, Ksingmul, Phong) and Tibeto-Burman languages (Pana, Paza, Sida). He also works on Mundari, spoken in eastern India, particularly with regards to expressives in oral performance. In terms of cross-cutting themes, Nathan is interested in the aesthetics of language use, ecological knowledge and narratives of human-nature spirit interactions.
Dr. Luke Horo is a Living Tongues Institute Fellow and Post-doctoral Researcher for the South Asia Region. He is based in Guwahati, Assam, India and has been a part of the Living Tongues Team since June 2018.
In terms of field expeditions, Dr. Horo has taken part in projects with Living Tongues researchers Dr. Greg Anderson and Dr. Bikram Jora among Gutob speakers in Odisha. He has also worked among speakers of the North Munda language Korku and the isolate language Nihali in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra states. Furthermore, he has helped document Sora, Mundari, Santali, Assamese, Sadri, Sartang, and Rabha.
Dr. Horo was inspired to start working in the field of language documentation when he completed a language survey of his heritage language, Mundari. He felt an ethical obligation to work towards the preservation and documentation of lesser documented languages. He hopes to see other linguistics students explore under-documented languages through the course of their study. Dr. Horo is currently working on a project called Sora Typological Characteristics: Towards a Re-Evaluation of South Asian Human History.
He is the only adivasi (indigenous) scholar with a specialty on laboratory and field phonetics currently active in India and has done the only experimental phonetic study on any variety of a Munda language to date, as well as the only documentation of Assam Sora. Dr. Horo defended his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology–Guwahati in 2018.
Dr. Horo has presented papers at a number of international conferences in Singapore, in Siem Reap, and in Korea in 2018, as well as a host of domestic and international conferences in India.
From left to right: Mr. Prema Soren (Santali speaker and collaborator), Dr. Luke Horo (Living Tongues linguist and coordinator), and Dr. Greg Anderson (LT Director). Location: Erasuti village, Tezpur, Assam, India. Photo by Opino Gomango.
The Living Tongues Team is coming to Seattle and we would love to meet you! Our “Speak Volumes” event series is all about raising awareness about endangered languages, and why it is important to document them before it’s too late. You are invited to join us for an evening of community-building and engaging discussion at the Wagner Education Center, located at the beautiful Center for Wooden Boats.
Living Tongues founder Dr. Gregory Anderson and Director of Research Dr. K. David Harrison will speak about their work as linguists who have traveled the globe to document dozens of languages on the verge of extinction.
Living Tongues team members will discuss innovative tech solutions such as our Talking Dictionaries mobile software that helps community members easily create tools that help languages live on for generations to come.
Video clips from recent fieldwork around the world will be shown.
We are excited to meet passionate individuals who want to get involved with language preservation efforts and support initiatives led by Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. You will also get the opportunity to meet other avid language enthusiasts and ask questions about our work!
Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 8th from 7:00-9:00PM.
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