37.2917, FYI: Free Online Lecture: An Introduction to Endangered Alphabets

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Subject: 37.2917, FYI: Free Online Lecture: An Introduction to Endangered Alphabets

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Date: 12-Sep-2026
From: Tim Brookes [tim at endangeredalphabets.com]
Subject: Free Online Lecture: An Introduction to Endangered Alphabets


A 60-minute online presentation by Tim Brookes, founder of the
Endangered Alphabets Project, suitable for undergraduate students of
linguistics, anthropology, communication, human rights, history,
social studies, writing, and languages
While the vital field of endangered languages study, including
documentation and revitalization programs, has been embraced and
established in higher education, the different but related field of
endangered and emerging minority scripts has not.
Of the more than 300 writing systems currently in use, more than 85%
are to varying degrees threatened. Many of these culture-specific
scripts have been poorly documented, and on the macro scale the
significant questions about script loss (causes, effects, criteria for
degree of threat) remain not only unanswered but largely unasked.
In this one-hour presentation, suitable for undergraduate students of
all levels, Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project
and author of Endangered Alphabets, An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
and Writing Beyond Writing, will introduce the subject of minority and
emerging scripts with examples from around the world.
He will explain the profound importance to a marginalized community of
having its own script and discuss current threats, revitalization
efforts, and the role of digitization.
Tim Brookes has lectured on endangered alphabets at Harvard, Yale,
Oxford, Cambridge, the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of
Congress, among many other venues.
This presentation will be given twice, to accommodate different time
zones:
Thursday, October 15th, 4 p.m. BST
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/e2FLOIAtTYOpOHxGDIzUYw
Monday, October 19th, 9 a.m. BST
Registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/auyhSsUNQ0KspbAtDCw1rQ
For more information, email tim at endangeredalphabets.com.
See also the main Endangered Alphabets website at
endangeredalphabets.com and the online Atlas of Endangered Alphabets
at endangeredalphabets.net.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Typology
                     Writing Systems




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