ILARA Online is the virtual branch of the Institute of Linguistic Heritage and Diversity of Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (PSL, Paris). It explores languages that are little described, little studied, little spoken, or which have disappeared, via series of talks, round tables, interviews and other audiovisual formats, broadcast on our YouTube channel.
Talks or series of talks introducing rare and precious languages and their cultures.
ILARA Invitations
Live streaming of interviews, talks and round tables featuring internationally recognized specialists in the field of rare and precious languages.
ILARA Cultures
Original documentaries or reports, contributed by anthropologists, archeologists, historians…
ILARA Speakers
Filmed content, interviews or original reports, produced by, or in cooperation with speakers of these languages.
ILARA for Kids
Fun, educational and informative content on, or in rare and precious languages, intended for children, parents and instructors.
ILARA Researchers
Latest scientific findings on rare and precious languages, presented by researchers.
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PRESENTATION
ILARA, the Institute for Linguistic Heritage and Diversity, is a centre for training in, expertise on and resources relating to languages that are rarely studied in a university setting. It offers flexible and innovative courses for such languages, which have either been seldom described or taught in past scholarship, or are now in danger of extinction (some are already extinct), or both. The Institute thus builds a bridge between the study of ancient languages (documented only in writing), and of those languages which possess an extant oral tradition (the documentation of these latter thus includes an audio-visual dimension).