Endangered Languages Archive
Also known as ELAR
The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) is a digital repository for preserving multimedia collections of endangered languages from all over the world, making them available for future generations. In ELAR’s collections you can find recordings of every-day conversations, instructions on how to build fish traps or boats, explanations of kinship systems and the use of medicinal plants, and learn about art forms like string figures and sand drawings. ELAR’s collections are unique records of local knowledge systems encoded in their languages, described by the holders of the knowledge themselves.
Getting access
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About this database
| Website | https://www.elararchive.org/ |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Humanities · Linguistics · Typology, Non-European Languages, Historical Linguistics |
| Last updated | 2026-09-27 |