Departmental Resources
The Linguistics department has the following resources and special projects:
The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America
AILLA houses language documentation collections for hundreds of Latin American indigenous languages. Founded by Dr. Joel Sherzer, AILLA is co-directed by Dr. Anthony Woodbury and Dr. Patience Epps, and managed by Dr. Susan Smythe Kung.
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The Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America (CILLA)
A constituent of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at UT. It promotes research on Latin American indigenous languages by and with speakers of those languages and their communities. It sponsors a bienniel Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America and periodic symposia. CILLA was founded by Dr. Nora England and is directed by Dr. Patience Epps.
Learn MoreThe Romani Archives and Documentation Center
The largest collection of items documenting the Romani people and culture in the world. It consists of over 25,000 books, monographs, bound articles, papers and letters, prints, transparencies, photographs, audio- and video-recorded material, framed and unframed prints and documents as well as many other non-media items. It is established and maintained by Dr. Ian Hancock.
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