ILARA Presentation Brochure
ILARA, is a centre for training in, expertise on and resources relating to languages that are rarely studied in a university setting. Established in 2020, it is one of the four Institutes of École Pratique des...
ILARA, is a centre for training in, expertise on and resources relating to languages that are rarely studied in a university setting. Established in 2020, it is one of the four Institutes of École Pratique des...
Writing systems, as tools of language notation, serve as visual communication mediums and cultural identity markers, representing the ancient societies that conceived, transmitted and adapted them. In 2025, as part of our ongoing commitment...
by Hélène Gérardin One is smooth and orange and hails from the Netherlands; the other is white, holey and salty, with its origins in the mountains of eastern Georgia. And yet, both go by...
The Turkic Academy provides invaluable support to ILARA, making it possible to offer two introductory-level classes in Turkic languages during the 2024–2025 academic year. The Turkic Academy is an international organisation dedicated to fostering...
Since 2023, Calfa has been supporting the projects of ILARA and has renewed its commitment to our institute this year. In 2023–2024, this partnership allowed ILARA to offer classes in Classical Armenian taught by...
by Melinda Fodor Without two fundamental inventions—language and writing—knowledge could not have evolved. Among different writing and calculating systems, there was an ancient Indian script, Brāhmī, which gave rise to an ingenious numbering system...