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There are currently about 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, and at least half are projected to disappear in this century...

The Endangered Language Fund
is helping to stem the tide


  • The 2025 ELF-UNESCO Traineeship application is now open. 
  • The 2025 Language Legacies call for proposals is now closed. 
  • ​The 2025 Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship call is now open.
  • The 2024 Native Voices Endowment call for proposals is now closed. ​​​
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Dr. Lalnunthnagi Chhangte with Ralte speaker; Language Legacies grant 2010
  • ​The UN International Year of Indigenous Languages has now been expanded to the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (see our links)​​​
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Our Grants

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N|uu language reader; Language Legacies grant; Sheena Shah 2014

Language Legacies Grants
(The Request for 2025 Proposals is now closed)

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Yakama elder and Sahaptin native speaker, the late Dr. Virginia Beavert (1921-2024); 4 time NVE grant recipient

Native Voices Endowment Grants
(The Request for 2024 proposals is now closed)​

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How Can You Help?

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Group photo from a trip to Phainuam during 2010 project on the Ralte language in India


​Donate to ELF online at www.networkforgood.org​ 



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Delegates from the three Mishmi language groups

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You can help support projects all over the world by donating to ELF
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Iquito Language Documentation Project nightly seminar. © Cabeceras Aid Project

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Resources

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Group working with Dr. Blench; 2015 grant to Dr. Mite Lingi for work on Idu Mishmi language

​Grant Writing Manual

Written by Drs. Ofelia Zepeda & Susan Penfield,
a helpful guide for preparing grant proposals

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Noam Chomsky and Doug Whalen (Founder, ELF)

Noam Chomsky Lecture

​On November 15, 2006, Board member Noam Chomsky gave a lecture in New Haven, CT to benefit the Endangered Language Fund. You can listen to it here.

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Our deepest gratitude goes to Jonathan Fox and the Myaamia Center for helping us create this website. Neewe!
Thanks also to Hannah King for her work developing it.
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​Technology support generously provided by the Myaamia Center at Miami University.


​Cover photo by Dr. Mite Lingi, from 2015 Language Legacies project, used with permission. Photo depicts yu acoka (Idu Mishmi for 'bamboo rice beer containers'), hanging on a post at a house where the Ren festival is taking place.
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What Our Grantees Are Saying:

"The ELF will always remain a part of our collective memory. We thank you and the ELF sincerely for being a part of our effort to save one the richest dialects on this part of the planet."

- Dr. Mite Lingi, Language Legacies Recipient 2015

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  • Home
  • About
    • About ELF
    • People
    • By the Numbers
    • ELF in the News
    • Contact Us
  • Grants
    • ELF-UNESCO Traineeship
    • Language Legacies
    • Native Voices Endowment
    • Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship
  • Projects
    • Project Spotlight
    • Testimonials
    • Photo Gallery
  • Resources
    • Breath of Life
    • CoLang
    • General Resources
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Follow and Subscribe
    • Join the ELF Royalty Club