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Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation
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WIELD was founded in 2013 in order to support high-quality descriptions of the world's fragmented languages.

Website: www.wieldoc.org
Here is the presentation by Dr. Timothy Henry-Rodriguez from our recent workshop on fragmented languages: youtu.be/EliXzDKF0u4
The Relatedness of Central Chumashan Languages
YouTube video by WIELD
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October 8, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Here is Dr. Ed Luna's presentation from our recent workshop on fragmented languages:

youtu.be/7Vsnda_VyZY
Syntactic Variation Possibilities with Old Javanese Proper Noun Articles
YouTube video by WIELD
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October 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
WIELD and the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University held the 2nd International Workshop on Fragmented Languages on JCU's Cairns campus. Here is the presentation by WIELD's current president. We'll release additional presentations throughout the year.
youtu.be/b3nQ_XwYxCE
Locative cases showing the way to the origins of Lutsi
YouTube video by WIELD
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September 30, 2024 at 3:06 AM
We're releasing presentations from our Workshop on Fragmented Languages held w/ James Cook University's Language and Culture Research Centre. Our 4th release by Dr. Timothy Henry-Rodgriguez discusses unspecified number in Ventureño Chumash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu_5...
November 2, 2023 at 7:10 AM
We're releasing presentations from our International Workshop on Fragmented languages held w/ James Cook University's Language & Culture Research Centre. Our 3rd release is by Jackie Coffin (Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx4i...
Word Creation in Goldfields Aboriginal Languages
How did First Nations people in the Goldfields region of Western Australia label new concepts, ideas and things upon contact with colonists ?
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October 22, 2023 at 11:41 PM
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We're sharing presentations from the International Workshop on Fragmented languages we jointly held w/ James Cook University's Language & Culture Research Centre. Our second release, by Dr. Edmundo Luna, discusses Old Javanese ang:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQHr...
The unusual case of the Old Javanese definite marker *ang* - Edmundo Luna
Presented as part of WIELD's International Workshop on Fragmented Languages, Sept 23/24, 2023. Hosted by WIELD (Western Institute of Endangered Language Docu...
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October 11, 2023 at 6:34 AM
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We're sharing presentations from the International Workshop on Fragmented languages we jointly held w/ James Cook University's Language & Culture Research Centre. Our first release is the presentation of WIELD's President, Dr. Uldis Balodis:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe-...
A mysterious Finnic borrowing in Yatvingian – a fragmented West Baltic language
Dr. Uldis Balodis discusses a unique document in Yatvingian – a fragmented West Baltic language – a handwritten copy of a since lost short glossary discovere...
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October 2, 2023 at 4:18 AM
We just concluded our International Workshop on Fragmented Languages, which we held together with James Cook University's Language and Culture Research Centre. In the coming weeks, we'll post links to video presentations. Thanks to all who participated! #langsky #linguistics #jcu
September 26, 2023 at 6:31 AM
James Cook University's Language and Culture Research Centre is partnering with WIELD to hold an international workshop on fragmented languages this September. Participants may join in person or via zoom. Please apply and/or share with fellow scholars:
August 21, 2023 at 11:52 PM
WIELD is pleased to announce it is joining with James Cook University to hold an international workshop on fragmented languages. We invite submissions from scholars who work on less-studied languages with incomplete--"fragmented"--documentation. Please see the attached flyer for details.
August 20, 2023 at 12:04 PM