Speaker Collaborators

Speakers of over 100 languages have worked with ELA on a wide range of projects, from documenting their languages to hosting celebrations of art and culture.

This is just a partial list of some of the speaker collaborators ELA has worked with since 2010.

Amuzgo: Jesus Santana
Appalachian English: Timothy McFarland and father
Bartangi: Gulchehra Sheralshoeva
Beria: Noureddine Elouazizi, Mahmat Nourin, Ahmat Suleiman Nur
Bishnupriya Manipuri: Uttam Singha
Breton: Fabienne Geffroy, Marie-Reine Jezequel, Erwan Le Bihan, Rozenn Milin
Bribri: Robert Elisondo, Emiliano
Bukhori: Aron Aronov, Rabbi Baruch Babaev, Iosif Shalamayev, Albert Yakobov
Burushaski: Naseema Bano, Karim Piar
Casamassimese: The Cristantiello Family
Chamorro: Geraldine Lisua
Dungan: Bibi, Aziza, Nina Porzucki
Garifuna: Alex Kwabena Colón, Loreida Guity, Milton Guity, James Lovell, and others
Gurung: Narayan Gurung, Tulsi Gurung, Gori Gurung
Judeo-Kashani: Yaqub Tabari
Judeo-Isfahani: Nasser Baravarian
Juhuri: Yakov Abramov, Simon Mardakhayev, Rashbil Shamayev
Kabardian: Majda Hilmi, Zhanna Shazzo
K’iche: Leobardo Ajtzalam
Livonian: Kristin Kundz
Mamuju: Husni Husain
Masalit: Daowd Saleh
Mixe: Fernando Epifacio
Mixtec: Ismael Alvarez, Marcelino Bautista, Romualdo Bautista, Tobías Bautista, Maximiliano Bazan, Margarito Martinez, Saúl Quizet Rivera
Mustangi (Loke): Nawang Tsering Gurung, Tenzin Namdol, Yangchen Gurung
Nahuatl: Manuel Cabrera González, Victorino Hernández Rámos, Perfecta Villegas Román, Irwin Sanchez
Neo-Aramaic: Ghaith Hadaya
Nones: Elaine Martini Donlin, Giovanna Flaim
Ossetian: Konstantin Slanov
Purhepecha: Rosalba Martinez, Alexis Paz
Romansch: Amalia Malchiodi
Seke: Rasmina Gurung
Shughni: Arambegim (Nanish) Nazrisho
Tlapanec: Zenaida Cantú
Totonac: José Juárez, Wenceslao Juárez Márquez
Wakhi: Nazir Abbas, Husniya Khujamyorova
Zaza: Zere Atmaca, Gülistan Demir, Cumali