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June 5-6: Save the Dates for KulturAksi, the 2026 NY Indonesian Art Fest, featuring a new traditional contemporary dance by Saung Budaya Dance and soundbathing experience by Gamelan Kusuma Lamas, and more...
Forging a Future for Languages
Founded in 2010, the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) is a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond.
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Kiranti-Rai group
At a minimum, several hundred members of different Kiranti communities now live in the New York City area, including those coming from India (e.g. Darjeeling, Sikkim) and Bhutan (as “Nepali” refugees).
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10 Projects
With ten current larger-scale projects and additional work on individual languages, ELA focuses on communities and individuals in the New York City area.
43 Languages
ELA has worked to different degrees on numerous projects with speakers of over a hundred languages spoken in New York City and beyond. More in-depth work continues on the several dozen featured here.
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ELA's network is an extended family of linguists, language activists, community leaders, students, volunteers, and lovers of language in NYC and the world over.
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KulturAksi: 2026 NY Indonesian Art Fest
ELA is proud to sponsor KulturAksi, an Indonesian Art Fest taking place this weekend (June 5-6) and featuring Ta’na Nirau, a performance about resisting environmental destruction in Kalimantan, one of the world’s largest rainforests. Get tickets below while they last! kulturaksinyc.eventbrite.com Including a new traditional contemporary dance by Saung Budaya Dance, soundbathing experience by Gamelan…
Upcoming Events!
Recent Past Events Friday 2/20 at 4:30 pm at ELA and virtual, a free talk about traditional Mapuche song with the Archivo Sonoro Mapuche Saturday 2/21 at 8 pm, a ticketed ($20) film screening, discussion, and performance of Garifuna music and danceat the Bronx Music Hall for International Mother Language Day with ELA collaborator James Lovell…