Laboratório de Linguas Indígenas

Laboratório de Linguas Indígenas (LALI)
The Laboratório de Linguas Indígenas (LALI), or the Laboratory for Indigenous Languages, is a space for scientific research on the Brazilian indigenous languages ​​and the training of new researchers in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics, Portuguese, and Classical Languages of the University of Brasília. LALI's research activities cover the documentation, analysis, and description of Brazil's indigenous languages, as well as historical reconstruction and classification of groups of genetically related languages, and the survey and analysis of the social conditions under which indigenous languages ​​are used. Moreover, LALI cooperates with indigenous populations to prepare dictionaries and writing development for indigenous communities, support projects for the use of indigenous languages ​​in school curricula in their communities, publishes critical editions of historical documents important to indigenous languages, and LALI works to disseminate knowledge about indigenous languages ​​and the importance of diversity in the context of Brazil's multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic democratic society. LALI is a member of the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity and a part of the Endangered Languages Project.

Links for LALI
LALI website