Foundation For Endangered Languages

The Foundation for Endangered Languages supports, enables and assists the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages. This website describes our activities, and includes our newsletter Ogmios and details of our conferences.

News

FEL XVI Conference, Language Endangerment in the 21st Century: Globalisation, Technology and New Media. 12 – 15 September 2012. AUT University, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Call for Papers (pdf) now available. Abstracts due 23rd April.

Latest issue of Ogmios, the FEL newsletter

Web news and stories on Endangered Languages

Aims

The aims of the Foundation are:

to raise awareness of endangered languages, both inside and outside the communities where they are spoken, through all channels and media
to support the use of endangered languages in all contexts: at home, in education, in the media, and in social, cultural and economic life
to monitor linguistic policies and practices, and to seek to influence the appropriate authorities where necessary
to support the documentation of endangered languages, by offering financial assistance, training, or facilities for the publication of results
to collect and make available information of use in the preservation of endangered languages; to disseminate information on all of the above activities as widely as possible