Programs with NAL

Revitalizing Native languages is a long-term commitment on the part of individuals, communities, and the larger public to support them. In addition to collaborating with Native communities and families to build a language archive, the Department of Native American Languages helps support language revitalization with a variety of programs and partnerships that encourage daily use of Oklahoma Native languages. The department trains community members in language documentation and linguistics, how to use archival materials, and fun and effective language teaching in workshops like Breath of Life, Silent No More and in workshops sponsored by the Oklahoma Native Language Association. We celebrate youth learning their Native languages and their teachers every year in the Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair (ONAYLF).

Helpful Links

Oklahoma Native Language Association

Consortium of Indigenous Language Organizations

Co-Lang (Collaborative Language Research)

Consortium for Training in Language Documentation and Conservation

MA in Applied Linguistic Anthropology (Language Revitalization)/OU Department of Anthropology

Spoken First: Just a great website of indigenous language news!