37.44, FYI: Advances in Northeast Indian Languages and Technologies - "Digital Futures Indigenous Languages 2026"

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Subject: 37.44, FYI: Advances in Northeast Indian Languages and Technologies - "Digital Futures Indigenous Languages 2026"

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Date: 01-Jan-2026
From: Northeast Langchive [editor at northeastlangchive.org]
Subject: Advances in Northeast Indian Languages and Technologies - "Digital Futures Indigenous Languages 2026"


Call for Chapters: Advances in Northeast Indian Languages and
Technologies, Volume 1
Digital Futures for Indigenous Languages: Culture, Technology, and
Preservation
As Northeast India's indigenous languages face unprecedented
challenges in the digital age, this inaugural volume examines how
technology can serve as a tool for preservation, revitalization, and
community empowerment. Bringing together scholars, technologists, and
community practitioners, this collection explores innovative
approaches to keeping these languages vital in contemporary contexts
while honoring traditional knowledge systems and cultural practices.
Topics of Interest:
- Digital Documentation & Archiving: Community-led recording, oral
history digitization, endangered language documentation
- Language Technology Development: NLP tools, speech recognition,
machine translation, text-to-speech for low-resource languages
- Educational Applications: Mobile apps, e-learning platforms,
gamified learning, digital literacy programs
- Social Media & Digital Spaces: Online communities, Unicode
implementation, keyboard development, digital writing systems
- AI & Machine Learning: Dataset creation, model training, ethical
considerations, community participation
- Cultural Preservation: Digital storytelling, multimedia archives,
traditional knowledge databases, intergenerational transmission
- Policy & Infrastructure: Digital language rights, government
initiatives, funding models, sustainability strategies
- Case Studies: Successful revitalization projects,
community-technology partnerships, implementation lessons
Submission Details:
- Chapter Length: 4,000-7,000 words
- Format: APA 7
- Deadline: February 10, 2026
- Expected Publication: March 2026
Why Publish With Us:
- Open Access (CC BY 4.0) - no paywalls, no author fees
- ISBN-registered academic publisher
- Double-blind peer review
- Focus on community impact alongside scholarly rigor
- First publisher dedicated to Northeast India's 220+ indigenous
languages
Submission: Email editor at northeastlangchive.org with chapter
manuscript and 150-word abstract.
More Information: https://northeastlangchive.org/call-for-chapters/

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Computational Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Philosophy of Language

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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