ANT 233 - Language and Culture: Useful Websites

Cultural Survival is an Indigenous-led NGO and U.S. registered non-profit that advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures, and political resilience. Use the search function on this site to search for a particular people or language.

This charitable program provides grants worldwide to individuals to document endangered languages. Recipients include linguists, linguistic anthropologists, and community members with skills in linguistic documentation. If you visit the "Our Projects" portion of the website, you can browse their language preservation projects by language name or geographic area.

Users of this sitie can not only access the most up to date and comprehensive information on endangered languages as well as language resources being provided by partners, but also play an active role in putting their languages online by submitting information or samples in the form of text, audio or video files. This website allows users to search for information about endangered languages via an interactive map.

The goal of this charitable organization is to "support, enable, and assist the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages." The website links to a blog which contains a host of articles about endangered language preservation efforts.

The website for the LSA provides a defines endangered languages, describes the process of language extinction, and explains the ramifications of language extinction.

This organization works with speakers of endangered languages to safeguard the language through "through activism, education, and technology." Under the "What We Do Heading" on the group's website you'll find "Language Documentation" section which details language preservation projects.

The Summer Institute of Linguistics is a faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop language solutions that expand possibilities for a better life.

This website includes a map which allows you to explore endangered languages. Detailed information about these languages requires a subscription, but this site can be useful in your initial research.