36.2964, Calls: 13th International Conference-cum-Workshop on Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages (India)

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Subject: 36.2964, Calls: 13th International Conference-cum-Workshop on  Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages (India)

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Date: 02-Oct-2025
From: Umarani Pappuswamy [elkl13 at yahoo.com]
Subject: 13th International Conference-cum-Workshop on  Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages


Full Title: 13th International Conference-cum-Workshop on  Endangered
and Lesser-Known Languages
Short Title: ELKL-13
Theme: Preserving Voices, Documenting Heritage in India and Beyond

Date: 17-Dec-2025 - 19-Dec-2025
Location: Madurai, India
Contact Person: Umarani Pappuswamy and K.Umaraj
Meeting Email: elkl13 at yahoo.com

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation;
Sociolinguistics; Translation; Typology

Call Deadline: 12-Oct-2025

Final Call for Papers
We are pleased to issue the final announcement of the 13th
International Conference-cum-Workshop on Endangered and Lesser-Known
Languages (ELKL-13), jointly organised by the Department of
Linguistics, Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), the Centre of Language
Planning, Policy, and Sociolinguistics (CLPP-Socio), CIIL, Mysuru, in
association with the Society for Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages
(SEL).
Programme Highlights
Keynote Address:
Prof. Gilvan Müller de Oliveira  (Head, UNESCO Chair on Language
Policies for Multilingualism,
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil)
Plenary Speakers:
Prof. Shobhana Chelliah (Indiana University Bloomington, USA);
Prof. L. Ramamoorthy (Former Head, Central University of Kerala,
India)
Workshop: Prof. Shobhana Chelliah on Developing glossing schemes for
your interlinear glossed texts
We are pleased to inform you that the deadline for abstract
submissions has been extended. We continue to invite abstracts for
paper presentations on the themes listed below.
Themes (indicative, not exhaustive):
Language documentation and description
Fieldwork methodologies and innovations in documentation
Typological and descriptive studies
Revitalisation, literacy, pedagogy, and intergenerational transmission
Sociolinguistic documentation, vitality, and ethnolinguistic vitality
assessments
Language policy and planning
Translation, terminology, Indian knowledge systems, and knowledge
transmission
AI and digital technologies
Digital archiving, ethics, and accessibility
Interdisciplinary and applied perspectives
Submission:
Abstracts must be submitted via EasyAbs:
https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/ELKL13/
Updated Deadlines:
Abstract submission deadline (extended): 12 October 2025
Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2025
Registration deadline: 15 November 2025
Full paper submission deadline: 20 November 2025
Registration details will be sent along with the acceptance letters to
authors whose abstracts are selected.
For additional queries
Contact: Umarani Pappuswamy and K. Umaraj
Email: elkl13 at yahoo.com; umarajk at gmail.com
Conference Venue: Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.
We warmly welcome scholars, early-career researchers, and community
practitioners to participate in ELKL-13 and contribute to a vibrant
dialogue on the future of endangered and lesser-known languages.



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