Foundation for Endangered Languages

The Foundation for Endangered Languages was founded in 1996 in the United Kingdom to support efforts concerning languages at risk of decline or disappearance. Its stated purpose is to support, enable, and assist the documentation, protection, and promotion of endangered languages. The organization is registered as a charity in England and Wales under number 1070616. Rather than focusing on a single language, country, or technical method, the foundation has a broad remit covering practical and scholarly activities that contribute to the survival and continued use of endangered languages. Its support model includes small grants for projects falling within that remit. The available reference describes the grants as typically being around US$1,000, suggesting that the foundation’s funding role is intended to provide targeted assistance to projects that may otherwise have difficulty obtaining support. The sources do not identify a complete list of grant programs, recipients, or funding totals. The foundation has also developed an information and networking function. It publishes OGMIOS, a newsletter associated with the organization, and uses its communications activity to circulate information relevant to endangered-language work. The newsletter is part of the foundation’s identity and public-facing output, alongside its website and conference activity. An annual conference forms another continuing element of the foundation’s work. The event provides a forum for discussion of endangered-language documentation, protection, promotion, and related research or community activity. Proceedings from the conferences are available as published volumes, extending the organization’s impact beyond the events themselves and creating a record of presentations and discussions. The supplied material does not provide a complete chronology of conference locations, themes, or proceedings titles. The foundation remains an active United Kingdom charity according to the supplied reference material. Nicholas Ostler is identified as its current chairman. No parent company, corporate owner, stock-market listing, or commercial operating structure is identified. Its international relevance comes from the global distribution of endangered languages and from the cross-border community of scholars, activists, and language communities engaged with language preservation.

• 1996

  Foundation established

  [1]Foundation for Endangered Languagesen.wikipedia.org

  The Foundation for Endangered Languages was established in the United Kingdom to support the documentation, protection, and promotion of endangered languages.

• Charitable registration in England and Wales

  [1]Foundation for Endangered Languagesen.wikipedia.org

  The organization is registered as Charity 1070616 in England and Wales.

• OGMIOS newsletter published

  [1]Foundation for Endangered Languagesen.wikipedia.org

  The foundation publishes OGMIOS, a newsletter providing information connected with endangered-language work.

• Annual conference and proceedings program

  [1]Foundation for Endangered Languagesen.wikipedia.org

  The foundation hosts an annual conference and makes conference proceedings available as published volumes.

A specialist charitable and knowledge-sharing organization supporting linguistic diversity through small grants, publishing, conferences, and advocacy for endangered-language documentation and revitalization.

• Grant program

  Endangered-language project grants

  Small grants support projects that fit the foundation’s mission of documenting, protecting, and promoting endangered languages. The available reference characterizes awards as generally being of the order of US$1,000. The program is intended as targeted assistance for a range of eligible activities, although the supplied sources do not specify a full application framework, annual budget, or complete list of recipients.

• Newsletter

  OGMIOS

  OGMIOS is the newsletter of the Foundation for Endangered Languages. It serves as a communications and information channel for developments related to endangered-language documentation, preservation, advocacy, and research. The available sources do not establish its publication frequency, complete archive chronology, or editorial structure.

• Conference and publication

  Annual conference proceedings

  The foundation hosts an annual conference addressing issues within its endangered-language mission. Proceedings are made available as published volumes, preserving conference contributions and extending access to the event’s material beyond attendees. Specific conference dates, venues, and volume details are not identified in the supplied references.

1. 1Foundation for Endangered Languagesen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Foundation for Endangered Languages websiteogmios.org