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FEL XVIII, our next conference, is on the theme: Indigenous Languages: Value to the Community.

It takes place at Naha, on the Ryukyuan island of Okinawa, 17-20 September 2014.

For more details, including registration, see our FEL conference page and the Ryukyuan Heritage Language Society.

Our latest round of grants is now advertised on our Grants page.

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Aims

• 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