Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group (CELC)

The Eleventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment will take place on July 9th 2025. 🥳 The theme will be ‘Language Contact and the Community’. Full details, a call for papers, and a registration form for the conference are available from the conference website
https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/centres/celc/conference-series
We look forward to seeing you there!
Mari Jones and Oliver Mayeux

Eleventh Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Mari Jones (French Section, Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics / Peterhouse, University of Cambridge) [email protected]

Behind the scenes/Dans les coulisses..."The rolling snowball: lone English-origin lexical items in Guernésiais", Mari C. Jones (University of Cambridge and Peterhouse). A lire ici https://shorturl.at/abvw1

After an enforced hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment is now back for its tenth year!🌟Join us in Cambridge on the 12th of July, 2024!

Call for papers and registration:

CELC Conferences | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Mari Jones (French Section, Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics / Peterhouse, University of Cambridge) [email protected]

NEW ONLINE BEGINNERS COURSE!

Are you interested in learning some of Jersey's unique, native language? We have an exciting beginners course starting online in January 2023!

To sign up or for further information, please email [email protected].

L'Office Du Jèrriais

A short film produced about Louisiana Creole, voiced by learners and native speakers of the language. The film was produced by OIiver Mayeux (Cambridge Endangered Languages and Cultures Group (CELC)), illustrator/animator Gabriella Marsh and sound artist Stefan Antoinette for Cambridge Creative Encounters, part of the Cambridge Festival.

Louisiana Creole: An Endangered Language Researcher: Oliver Mayeux Creative: Gabriella MarshOliver Mayeux is investigating the genesis, endangerment and revival of languages. 7,000 languages are spo...

We are delighted to invite you to a webinar on the revitalisation of Jèrriais via Zoom on Tuesday 16 November at 17.00 GMT. A panel of language activists involved in different kinds of revitalisation activity will share their perspectives and the audience will have a chance to ask questions and engage in further discussion. Please register using this link:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CELC - Revitalising Jèrriais: the Norman language of Jersey. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CELC - Revitalising Jèrriais: the Norman language of Jersey. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Reminder! Tomorrow: "Ideophone patterns across Kiranti languages (Eastern Nepal)" Aimée Lahaussois (CNRS; Visiting Fellow, Churchill College; Senior Research Associate, CELC). This talk will take place via Zoom on Tuesday 9th November from 16.30-17.30.

Please register for the talk here:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CELC: Aimée Lahaussois. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Ideophone patterns across Kiranti languages (Eastern Nepal)

"Professor Mari Jones, of Cambridge University, was intrigued by a box of jumbled cards containing Norman references..."
Guernsey Press, Tuesday 7 September 2021