Supporting Communities
Helping Languages Thrive
In the Budukh community, and all around the world, we aim to support locally-driven efforts to record, revitalize, and celebrate linguistic heritage.
This is the impact of community-driven language work in action. Your support helps keep these voices alive.
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS!
Mizuki Miyashita, secretary, and Bob Carlsen, Executive Director, at the 2026 Linguistic Society of America Conference in New Orleans, January 2026.
In 2026, the Endangered Language Fund celebrates 30 years of supporting language documentation and revitalization. Over three decades, we’ve partnered with community leaders, linguists, researchers, and more to document voices, preserve knowledge, and revitalize endangered languages around the world. To mark this milestone, we’re proud to share recent successes from our grantees: projects that exemplify endangered languages, community impact, and measurable revitalization efforts.
ELF members, including Doug Whalen (founder), presenting at the 25th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, April 2026
Our Impact
Let’s hear from some of our Language Legacies awardees on the impact that the Endangered Language Fund has had in their respective communities.
In this video, Christoph Holz speaks to the documentation project of two Oceanic languages, Lavatbura-Lamasong and Konomala.
In this video, we hear from Gabriela Badillo about her work with the Chatino language.