AILLA (The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America)

AILLA is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, and the Digital Library Services Division of the General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin. Linguistic anthropologist Dr Joel Sherzer is project director: co‐investigator is Dr Anthony C. Woodbury in the Linguistics Department. AILLA receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation.

A challenge for modern societies is whether the myriad languages of their indigenous groups can be preserved and taught to future generations. Hundreds of world languages – unique expressions of cultural and intellectual heritage – risk extinction as their...