Focus: Some of the languages/language groups on which the lectures will focus are: Ainu (Sakhalin), Amdo-Qinghai languages, Amuric, Baonic, Dungan, Geshiza, Jeju, Khamnigan, Lizu, Moghol, Monguoric, Oirat, Palauan Japanese, Ryukyuan languages, Stau, Yonaguni, Yugur. Description: Minority languages, often at risk of extinction, represent not only an invaluable cultural heritage but also a fundamental resource for understanding the linguistic and cultural diversity of our contemporary world.

By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)

Call for Workshop Proposals: The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) and the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University are pleased to announce the “60th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2027)”, to be held in Košice, 25-28 August 2027. SLE meetings provide a forum for high-quality linguistic research from all (sub)domains of linguistics. The upcoming edition of the SLE meeting will also host a round table of experts to discuss topics of special linguistic interest. Workshop

Organised by the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL), the Centre d'Études en Sciences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains Américains et Asiatiques (CESSMA) and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) The conference aims to create a space for dialogue between researchers, technologists, and, crucially, language communities themselves, concerning the opportunities and challenges presented by innovative technologies in efforts to prevent language loss and pr

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For this edition of the Poznań Linguistic Meeting, we invite participants to engage with the leitmotif “Linguistics in dialogue: looking for parallels beyond language.” We would like to encourage reflection on how linguistic phenomena can be illuminated/informed by other domains. Linguistics has long relied on analogies to describe, explain, and model language: language as a system, as a network, as a biological capacity, as a cultural phenomenon. Such metaphors often shape the questions we

The Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice is pleased to announce the fourth meeting of the Conference on the Endangered Languages of East Asia (CELEA). The aim of CELEA is to gather at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice scholars, researchers, and other academics who work on endangered, indigenous, or minority languages spoken in the territories of East Asia. With this conference, the University wants to broaden its perspective on the linguistic diversity

Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Johanson (born March 8, 1936) of Turcology sadly passed away in Mainz, Germany on November 24, 2025. Lars Johanson, Swedish-born linguist, played a crucial role in establishing the study of Turkic languages as a modern linguistic discipline. In addition to his significant work on Turkic linguistics, his studies in general linguistics, primarily language typology, are of great importance. His theoretical models for the study of verbal aspect systems, evidentiality, and

Call for Papers: The Workshop on Aspect and Argument Structure of Adverbs/Adjectives and Prepositions/Participles WAASAP is an international Workshop series that takes place biannually focussing on the aspect and argument structure of adjectives and participles and adverbs and prepositions. 
 The 2026 edition is hosted in Paris by the research group Structures formelles du langage (UMR 7023, CNRS & Université Paris 8) on 18-19 June 2026. 
 Keynote Speakers: 
- Ane Berro (Universidad de De

This paper investigates negation in Sakhalin Ainu by focusing on the morphosyntax, semantics, and historical development of the negative proclitic ham=, which is employed for standard negation (includ...

This paper investigates negation in Sakhalin Ainu by focusing on the morphosyntax, semantics, and historical development of the negative proclitic ham=, which is employed for standard negation (includ...