The Endangered Language Fund

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.

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)

Our Grants

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

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

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)

How Can You Help?

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

Donate to ELF online at www.networkforgood.org

Delegates from the three Mishmi language groups

Contribute

You can help support projects all over the world by donating to ELF

Iquito Language Documentation Project nightly seminar. © Cabeceras Aid Project

Join the ELF Royalty Club

Publishing a book? Crown that achievement by donating your royalties to the ELF Royalty Club!

Resources

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

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.

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.

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.