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

New funding opportunities:

• Checking our site to learn more about a new funding opportunity, started in 2022 and happening again this year: The Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship. This fund is possible due to a generous donation from Arienne M. Dwyer. This is a fellowship opportunity for a currently-enrolled Ph.D. student who has completed at least two years of graduate study in a U.S. institution. Click here to learn more about the Fellowship, including eligibility and application guidelines. The 2023 round of applications has now opened, with a May 12, 2023 deadline.
  
  
• Click to learn about the MKARL Fund, a matching grant in honor of Michael Krauss. Donate now!
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• We have an additional Fund to announce: "Languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast," made possible by a generous donation from Stephen R. Anderson. This fund will be included as part of the annual Language Legacies grants. See this link for more details.

Dr. Lalnunthnagi Chhangte with Ralte speaker; Language Legacies grant 2010

News:​

• The 2023 Sharing Language Diversity Fellowship call for applications is now open! The deadline for application is May 12, 2023. Check this link for more details.
• The 2023 Language Legacies call for proposals has closed. Check the Language Legacies page for more details and check here for updates about the next call, which will open in early 2024.
• The 2022 Native Voices Endowment call for proposals has now closed. Check the NVE page for details and instructions for this past call, and for updates for 2023.
• ​​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 2023 Proposals is now open!)

Virginia Beavert; NVE grants 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2019; native speaker of Yakama

Native Voices Endowment Grants
(The Request for 2022 Proposals has closed)​

How Can You Help?

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

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Delegates from the three Mishmi language groups

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Iquito Language Documentation Project nightly seminar. © Cabeceras Aid Project

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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.

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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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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.