WELCOME TO LOCALLING
LocalLing is an international and interdisciplinary research initiative that builds a global research network spanning Europe, Africa, Latin-America and Asia to promote the use, maintenance, teaching, and learning of local minority heritage languages (LHLs). The project connects expertise from linguistics, education, cultural studies, politics, and the social sciences and brings together 13 institutions – universities, a state archive, and an NGO
The project is structured around four main pillars:
use and maintenance of heritage languages,
teaching and learning of heritage languages,
methodological development, and research capacity building.
Through international staff exchanges, collaborative research, and joint publications, LocalLing will develop innovative approaches to understanding how heritage languages interact with official and global languages in multilingual societies.
By combining academic research with community-based perspectives, the project aims to strengthen heritage language education, support language revitalisation, and promote linguistic diversity as a key element of cultural heritage. The initiative also provides training and mobility opportunities for researchers and educators, fostering long-term collaboration and sustainable international partnerships in heritage language research.
Ultimately, LocalLing contributes to the protection of Europe’s and the world’s linguistic diversity by supporting equitable multilingual practices and ensuring that heritage languages remain a living part of cultural and social life.
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Between April 1st and 3rd, members of the LocalLing project participated in a series of impactful academic exchanges hosted by the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Human Sciences (FLASH) at Ibn Zohr University in Aït Melloul, Morocco. The centerpiece of the visit was The 1st International Conference on Amazigh Language in the 21st Century: Realities,…
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LocalLing’s very first joint secondment at the University of Thessaly brought together colleagues from 10 countries: Cameroon, Colombia, Estonia, France, Greece, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Togo, and Tunisia. The secondees had the opportunity to take part in presentations, workshops, seminars, lectures, and even a linguistic landscape walk, a library tour, and a book presentation. These joint…
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Over the following four years, LocalLing will build an international, interdisciplinary network dedicated to promoting the use, maintenance, teaching, and learning of local minority heritage languages. Bringing together expertise from linguistics, education, cultural studies, governance, and social sciences, the project combines theoretical insight with practical impact.Our consortium unites: Tallinn University, Zaragoza University, University of Thessaly,…
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