ALT language expertise
Language expertise in ALT
This page lists the languages (or language groups) on which there is expertise among ALT members. Native speakers are marked with an asterisk.
- Abkhaz--
Konstantin I. Kazenin;
Inga Shaduri
- Acehnese--
Simon Musgrave
- Adyghe--
Peter Arkadiev
- African languages--
Valentin Ju. Gusev;
Claude Hagège;
Larry Hyman;
Mechthild Reh;
Stéphane Robert;
Ronald P. Schaefer;
F. K. Erhard Voeltz;
Anne Schwarz;
- Afrikaans--
Hans den Besten
- Agaw--
Anthony R. Aristar
- Ainu--
Yoshizo Itabashi;
Anna Bugaeva;
Fulvio Freguja;
Elisabeth M. de Boer
- Akan--
Mark van de Velde;
Anne Schwarz;
Ines Fiedler
- Alamblak --
Les Bruce
- Alaska Athabaskan--
Gary Holton
- Albanian--
Victor Friedman;
Oliver Alexander;
Hans-Juergen Sasse;
Andrej Sobolev;
Dieter Stern
- Aljamiado--
Vincent Hachard
- Alorese--
Marian Klamer
- Altaic--
Ralf-Stefan Georg
- Anamuxra--
Andrew Ingram
- American Sign Language--
Susan McBurney
- Amerindian languages--
Georg Bossong;
Claude Hagège;
David Peterson;
Fernando Zuniga;
Willem F.H. Adelaar
- Amharic--
Mengistu Amberber*;
Azeb Amha*;
Gideon Goldenberg
- Angika--
Pradeep Das*
- Ao (Tibeto-Burman)--
Alec Coupe;
David Peterson
- Arabic (Standard)--
Anthony R. Aristar;
Giorgio Banti;
Joseph Eska;
Giuliano Bernini;
Georg Bossong;
Andrii Danylenko;
Anwar Elsharkawy;
Alex François;
Thomas V. Gamkrelidze;
Manana Gobronidze;
Gideon Goldenberg;
Claude Hagège;
Lamia Haouet*;
Harry Howard;
Uri Horesh;
Amr Ibrahim;
Erika Kaltenbacher;
Alexander Letuchiy;
Yaron Matras;
Ulrike Mosel;
Mohammed Moubtassime;
Waldfried Premper;
Johannes Reese;
Wolfgang Schulze;
Christel Stolz;
Mauro Tosco;
Ulrike Zeshan;
Samia Naïm (Colloquial);
Coghill Eleanor
- Arabic dialects--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Classical Arabic--
Nasser Berjaoui;
Pierluigi Cuzzolin
- Moroccan Arabic--
Nasser Berjaoui;
Mohammed Moubtassime
- Arabic (Beja)--
Martine Vanhove
- Arabic (Maghrebi)--
Jeffrey Heath
- Levantine Arabic--
Coghill Eleanor
- Araki--
Alex François
- Aramaic--
Anthony R. Aristar;
Na'ama Pat-El
- Neo-Aramaic--
Gideon Goldenberg;
Donald Stilo;
Coghill Eleanor
- Arawak--
Alexandra Aikhenvald;
Donald Stilo
- Archi--
Alexandre Arkhipov
- Argentinian indigenous languages --
Lucia Gollusci;
Veronica Grondona
- Armenian--
Evangelia Adamou;
Anaid Donabedian*;
Jasmine Dum-tragut;
Frederik Kortlandt;
Vladimir A. Plungian;
Donald Stilo
- Western Armenian--
Farrell Ackerman;
Linda Godson
- Aslian languages--
Nicole Kruspe
- Assiniboine--
Linda A. Cumberland
- Ata--
Tatsuya Yanagida
- Athabaskan languages--
Jordan Lachler;
Janne L. Underriner
- Australian aboriginal languages--
Claire Bowern;
Nicholas Evans;
Nobukatsu Minoura (Upper Tanana);
Rachel Nordlinger;
Eva Schultze-Berndt;
Fritz Schweiger;
Tasaku Tsunoda;
David Nash (Warlmanpa and Warlpiri);
Jeffrey Heath;
Margaret Sharpe
- Austronesian languages--
Claude Hagège;
Marian Klamer;
Jason Jackson;
Alain Lemarechal;
Suzanne Kemmer;
Ritsuko Kikusawa;
Franz Mueller-Gotama;
Scott Paauw;
Maria Polinsky
Fannie St-Pierre-Tanguay
- Avar
Gilles Authier
- Avestic--
Alessandro de Angelis
- Awa Pit--
Timothy Curnow
- Awetí--
Sebastian Drude
- Awutu-Efutu
Anne Schwarz
- Aymara --
Katharina Haude;
Erik Levin
- Azerbaijani--
Donald Stilo;
Gilles Authier
- Badaga--
Christiane Pilot-Raichoor
- Balinese--
I Wayan Arka*
- Balkar--
Olesya Khanina
- Baltic--
Frederik Kortlandt
- Bambara--
Friederike Luepke;
Dominique Vellard
- Bangla--
Anvita Abbi
- Baniwa--
Alexandra Aikhenvald
- Bantu languages--
Mayrene Bentley;
Theodora Bynon;
Denis Creissels;
Jeff Good;
Tom Güldemann;
Gerald Heusing;
Yukiko Morimoto;
Steve Nicolle;
Maria Polinsky;
Viktor A. Vinogradov;
Lindsay Whaley;
Nobuko Yoneda
- Barasana--
Elsa Gomez Imbert
- Bardi--
Claire Bowern
- Basque--
Gontzal Aldai;
Kutz Arrieta;
Jon Aske;
Georg Bossong;
Didier Bottineau;
Juan C. Moreno Cabrera;
Andolin Eguzkitza;
Augrtzane Elordui;
Beatriz Fernandez;
Ricardo Gómez;
Martin Haase;
Georg A. Kaiser;
Maria Jose Kerejeta;
Alan Roy King;
Ulrich Lüders;
Miren Lourdes O¤ederra;
Manfred Ostrowski;
Rudolf P.G. de Rijk;
Jon Ortiz de Urbina;
Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria*;
Igone Zabala;
Fernando Zuniga;
Alexandre Arkhipov
Andrew Nevins
- Bathari--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Bavarian--
Horst J. Simon*
- Belarussian--
Alena Witzlack-Makarevich*
- Belhare (Tibeto-Burman)--
Balthasar Bickel
- Bengali--
Aditi Lahiri
- Benue-Congo--
Ronald P. Schaefer;
Roland Kießling
- Berber--
Alexandra Aikhenvald;
Gerald Heusing;
Mohammed Moubtassime
- Berber (Tamazight)--
Nasser Berjaoui
- Berber dialects--
Amina Mettouchi
- Betoi--
Raoul Zamponi
- Bhojpuri--
Pradeep Das
- Bikol--
Veronika Mattes
- Bininj--
Nicholas Evans
- Bislam--
Nicholas Thieberger
- Bislama pidgin--
Alex François
- Bora-Mira --
Frank Seifart
- Boruca--
J. Diego Quesada
- Brazilian Portuguese--
Stella Telles*;
Fernando Zuniga
- Breton--
Steve Hewitt
- Budux--
Wolfgang Schulze;
Gilles Authier
- Bulgarian--
Victor Friedman;
Zlatka Guentchéva*;
Petar Kehayov*;
Tania Kouteva;
Alexander Letuchiy;
Jouko Lindstedt;
Alexander Loengarov*;
Michael Riessler;
Mitko Sabev*;
Andrej Sobolev;
Koyka Stoyanova*;
Dieter Stern;
Lyuba Veselinova*
- Buli
Anne Schwarz
- Bundeli--
Pradeep Das
- Burmese--
Robin Sackmann;
Nicoletta Romeo;
Alice C. Vittrant
- Buryat-Mongol--
Elena Skribnik
- Caddo--
Lynette Melnar
- Cambodian--
Denis Paillard
- Cantonese--
Umberto Ansaldo;
Robin Sackmann;
Stephen Matthews;
Foong Ha Yap;
Alan Yu*
- Catalan--
Hortensia Curell*;
Jordi Fortuny Andreu*;
Alan Roy King;
Olga fullana Noel;
LluŒsa Gràcia;
César Montoliu*;
Joana Rossello*;
Juan Carlos Ruiz-anton;
Max Wheeler
- Caucasian languages--
Winfried Boeder;
Walter Bisang;
Georg Bossong;
Bernard Comrie;
Alexandr E. Kibrik;
Wolfgang Schulze;
Donald Stilo
- Caucasian languages (East)--
Johanna Nichols;
Johannes Helmbrecht
- Caucasian languages (Northeast)--
Alice C. Harris
- Caucasian languages (South)--
Donald Stilo
- Caucasian languages (Southeast, Lezgian group)--
Wolfgang Schulze
- Cavineña
Antoine Guillaume;
- Cayuga--
Anna Margetts;
Marianne Mithun
- Cebuano--
Thomas E. Payne
- Celtic--
Joseph Eska;
Frederik Kortlandt;
Michael Noonan;
Jim Harold Holders
- Celtic (Brythonic)--
Juan C. Moreno Cabrera
- Central Pomo--
Marianne Mithun
- Chadic--
Karen H. Ebert;
Hak-Soo Kim;
Zygmunt Frajzyngier
- Cham--
Hideaki Sugai
- Chamic--
Graham Thurgood
- Chechen--
Jeff Good;
Johanna Nichols*;
Alan Yu
- Cheq Wong--
Nicole Kruspe
- Chhattishgarhi--
Pradeep Das
- Chibchan languages--
Nicholas Ostler;
J. Diego Quesada
- Chichewa-- Mayrene Bentley, Andrea Kiso
- Chimariko--
Carmen Jany
- Chinese--
Georg Bossong;
László Cseresnyési;
Laurie Gerber;
Claude Hagège;
Yumi Hendershot;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff;
Svetlana V. Ivanova;
Artemij M. Karapetjanc;
Kazuyuki Kiryu;
Randy J. LaPolla;
Hua Lin*;
Sang-Won Paik;
Alain Peyraube;
Marija B. Rukodel’nikova;
Rudolf P.G. de Rijk;
Christopher Schmidt;
Manfred B. Sellner;
Jozsef Szakos;
Ao Shuan Tan;
Satoshi Uehara;
Kazuha Watanabe;
Mark Post
- Chinese (Classical)--
Jeroen Wiedenhof
- Chinese (Mandarin)--
Umberto Ansaldo;
Hilary Chappell;
Lilly Chen;
Hsiu-Chuan Liao*;
Hua Lin*;
Stephen Matthews;
John Newman;
Mitko Sabev;
Robin Sackmann;
Petra M. Vogel;
Jeroen Wiedenhof;
Jing-lan Wu*;
Lihi Yariv-Laor;
Shihong Zhou*
Bingfu Lu (Shanghai dialect)*;
Jennifer Wright;
Liberty Lidz
- Chintang --
Elena Lieven
- Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca--
Loretta O'Connor
- Chukotko-Kamchatkan--
Alexandr E. Kibrik
- Chukchee--
Irina Muravyova;
Maria Polinsky
- Chumash--
Marianne Mithun;
Suzanne Wash
- Chuvash--
Olesya Khanina
- Circassan--
Maria Polinsky
- Coptic--
Eitan Grossman;
Ewa D. Zakrzewska
- Cree--
Marianne Mithun
- Creole languages--
French based--Wolfgang Raible
Haitian Creol--Claire Lefebvre
Jamaican Creole--Joseph T. Farquharson*
Kimberley Kriol--Frances Kofod
- Croatian--
Victor Friedman;
Oliver Alexander;
Andrej Sobolev;
Relja Vulanovic*;
Carmen Jany*
- Cushitic languages--
Giorgio Banti;
Annarita Puglielli;
Hans-Juergen Sasse;
Roland Kießling
- Czech--
Frantisek Cermak*;
Viktor Elšík;*;
Mirjam Fried*;
Frantisek Lichtenberk*;
Anna Maria Perissutti*;
Andrej Sobolev
- Daghestanian--
Bernard Comrie;
Nina Rondovna Dobrushina;
Olga V. Fjodorova;
Alexandr Kibrik;
Sandro V. Kodzasov;
Ekaterina A. Ljutikova;
Irina Muravyova;
Vladimir A. Plungian;
Maria Polinsky;
Wolfgang Schulze;
Nina R. Sumbatova;
Jakov G. Testelec;
Svetlana Ju. Toldova
- Dalabon--
Nicholas Evans
- Danish--
Anders Ahlqvist*;
Torben Andersen*;
Per Durst-andersen*;
Kasper Boye*;
Marcel Erdal;
Jan Heegaard*;
Michael Herslund*;
Alex Klinge;*;
Alexander Loengarov;
Richard;
Helena Pirttisaari;
Johannes Reese;
Jeanette Sakel;
Kimio Tanihara;
Søren Wichmann*;
Belinda Ross
- Dargwa--
Sergej G. Tatevosov
- Dari--
Boris Ja. Ostrovskij
- Davvin Sámi--
Paul Kent Andersen
- Digo--
Steve Nicolle
- Diyari--
Peter Austin
- Djaru--
Tasaku Tsunoda
- Dogon--
Vladimir A. Plungian;
Jeffrey Heath
- Dravidian--
Karen H. Ebert;
Colin P. Masica;
Christiane Pilot-raichoor
- Dulong--
Randy J. LaPolla
- Dumo--
Andrew Ingram
- Dungan--
Marija B. Rukodel’nikova
- Dutch--
Jenny Audring;
Johan van der Auwera*;
Dik Bakker*;
Hans den Besten*;
Kersti Börjars;
Wiem Burung;
Frantisek Cermak;
Sarah Cutfield;
Hubert Cuykens*;
Michael Cysouw*;
Helma Dik*;
Bernárdez Enrique*;
Martin Everaert*;
Ezra Van Everbroeck*;
Elly van Gelderen*;
Casper de Groot*;
Rik van Gijn*;
Kees Hengeveld*;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff;
Theo A.J.M. Janssen*;
Peter Kahrel*;
Marian Klamer*;
Torsten Leuschner;
Floor Floor Loeb-Diehl;
Alexander Loengarov*;
Friederike Luepke;
Randall Pharasyn*;
Johannes Reese;
Jan N. M. Rijkhoff*;
Eddy Ruys*;
Thomas Schöneborn;
Frank Seifart;
Leon Stassen*;
Eva van Lier*;
Mark van de Velde*;
Remi van Trijp*;
Ton van der Wouden*;
Jean-Christophe Verstraete*;
Jan-Wouter Zwart*
- Edoid--
Ronald P. Schaefer
- Efate (South);
Nicholas Thieberger
- Egyptian--
Eitan Grossman;
Ewa D. Zakrzewska
- Eleme (Ogonoid, Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo)--
Oliver Bond
- Emerillon (Tupi-Guaraní)--
Françoise Rose
- Enets--
Olesya Khanina
- English--
Daniel Abondolo*;
Matthew Anstey*;
Peter Austin*;
Ashlee Bailey*;
Timothy Beechey*;
Giulia Bencini*;
Edward Bendix*;
Anna Berge*;
David Birch*;
Edward Lee (Jr.) Blansitt*;
James P. Blevins*;
Juliette Blevins*;
Ina Bornkessel*;
John Bowden*;
Heather Bowe*;
Claire Bowern*;
Miriam Butt*;
Hilary Chappell*;
Robert Cloutier*;
Christopher Collinds;
Alec Coupe*;
Timothy Curnow*;
Sarah Cutfield*;
Mark Donohue*;
Matthew Dryer*;
Nick Enfield*;
Richard Epstein*;
Wright Frank*;
Alice Gaby*;
Laurie Gerber*;
Spike Gildea*;
Antonio Gragera;
Geoffrey Haig*;
Austin Hale*;
Steve Hewitt*;
Eugene Holman*;
Gary Holton*;
Harry Howard*;
Andrew Ingram*;
Matthew Juge*;
Anthony Jukes*;
Frances Kofod*;
Andrew Koontz-Garboden*;
Beth Levin*;
Diana Lewis*;
Elena Lieven*;
Bradley J. McDonnell*;
Jessica McHenry*;
Yaron Matras*;
John Michael*;
Brian Migliazza*;
Simon Musgrave*;
Steve Nicolle*;
Brian Nolan*;
Loretta O'Connor*;
Brigitte Pakendorf*;
Scott Paauw*;
John Peterson*;
Paul Roser*;
Donald Rosso*;
Erich Round*;
John Saeed*;
Louisa Sadler*;
Keith Sanders*;
Michael B. Smith*;
Andrew Spencer*;
William Scott Sphar*;
Thomas Stewart*;
Graham Thurgood;
William H. Wheeler*;
Jo Willmott*;
Chris Sams*;
Jennifer Wright*;
Liberty Lidz*;
Lewis C. Howe*;
Nicholas Thieberger*;
Oliver Bond*;
Linda A. Cumberland*;
Coghill Eleanor*;
Patience Epps*;
Carol Genetti*;
Belinda Ross*;
Claire Hill*;
Linda Lanz;
Andrew Nevins*;
Ken Manson*;
- Old English--
Eugene Holman;
Aditi Lahiri;
Thomas Stewart;
Letizia Vezzosi
- Jamaican English--
Joseph T. Farquharson*
- Middle English--
Letizia Vezzosi;
- Eskimo--
Elke Nowak;
Donald Rosso
- Esperanto--
Martin Haase;
Jouko Lindstedt;
Thomas Widmann
- Estonian--
James P. Blevins;
Mati Erelt*;
Alain Fabre;
Riho Grünthal;
Eugene Holman;
Päivi Juvonen;
Petar Kehayov;
Silvia Kutscher;
Kazuto Matsumura;
Helle Metslang*;
Krista Ojutkangas;
Urmas Sutrop*;
Hannu Tapani Tommola;
Maria Vilkuna
- Ethiosemitic--
Mengistu Amberber;
Giorgio Banti
- Eton--
Mark van de Velde
- Evenki--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Igor Nedjalkov
- Ewe--
Christopher Collins;
Dominique Vellard
- Fijian--
Ritsuko Kikusawa
- Finnish--
Daniel Abondolo;
Farrell Ackerman;
Anders Ahlqvist;
Ante Aikio*;
Paul Kent;
Mati Erelt;
Alain Fabre;
Riho Grünthal*;
Eugene Holman;
Päivi Juvonen*;
Petar Kehayov;
Seppo Kittilä*;
Helle Metslang;
Johanna Laakso*;
Larisa Leisiö*;
Jouko Lindstedt*;
Matti Miestamo*;
Krista Ojutkangas*;
Helena Pirttisaari*;
Wolfgang Raible;
Jeanette Sakel;
William Scott Sphar;
Kaius Sinnemaki*;
Hannu Tapani Tommola*;
Maria Vilkuna*
- Finnish Romani--
Helena Pirttisaari
- Finno-Ugric languages--
Jean Perrot;
Johanna Laakso;
Kazuto Matsumura;
Urmas Sutrop
- Flemish (Tildonks)--
Willy Van Langendonck*
- Fongbe--
Claire Lefebvre
- Foodo
Ines Fiedler
- Formosan--
Hsiu-Chuan Liao
- French--
Tsisana Akhvlediani;
Edward Bendix*;
James P. Blevins;
Didier Bottineau*;
André Bourcier*;
Hortensia Curell;
Hubert Cuykens;
Margaret Dunham*;
Per Durst-andersen;
Alain Fabre*;
Bernard Fradin*;
Alex François*;
Jacques François*;
Daniel Glatz;
Vincent Hachard*;
Lamia Haouet*;
Yumi Hendershot;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff*;
Patricia Cabredo Cabredo;
Amr Ibrahim*;
Georg A. Kaiser;
Beth Levin;
Claire Lefebvre;
Diana Lewis;
Elena Lieven;
Alexander Loengarov;
Caterina Mauri;
Amina Mettouchi*;
Claire Moyse-Faurie*;
Midori Osumi;
Denis Paillard*;
Mireille Piot*;
Helena Pirttisaari;
Johannes Reese;
Stéphane Robert*;
Nicoletta Romeo;
Françoise Rose*;
Louisa Sadler*;
Maya Sakhokia;
Thomas Schöneborn;
Daniel Septfonds*;
Inga Shaduri;
Kaius Sinnemaki;
Andrej Sobolev;
William Scott Sphar;
Elisabeth Stark;
Martine Vanhove*;
Lyuba Veselinova*;
Mark van de Velde;
Jean-Christophe Verstraete;
Kazuha Watanabe;
Samia Naïm;
Johannes Helmbrecht;
Dominique Vellard*;
Chris Sams;
Olesya Khanina;
Karsten Schmidtke;
Nicholas Thieberger;
Andrea Sansò;
Marc Kiwitt;
Antoine Guillaume*;
Gilles Authier*;
Patience Epps;
Michèle Fruyt*;
Anna Pompei;
Fannie St-Pierre-Tanguay*;
Alice C. Vittrant
Roland Kießling;
- French-Romance--
Michael Herslund;
Randall Mccorkle (Hispanic Languages)
- French Cayapa --
Bernárdez Enrique
- French-based Creole languages--
Wolfgang Raible
- Old and/or Middle French--
Christiane Marchello-Nizia;
Marc Kiwitt
- Frisian--
Karen H. Ebert
- Fula--
Antonina I. Koval';
Friederike Luepke
- Gajirrabeng--
Frances Kofod
- Galician--
Ana Carrera Hernandez*;
Teresa Moure Pereiro
- Galo (Tani; Tibeto-Burman)
Mark Post;
- Garhwali--
Pradeep Das
- Garlali--
Claire Bowern
- Garrwa--
Ilana Mushin
- Georgian--
Nino Amiridze*;
Tsisana Akhvlediani*;
Rusudan Asatiani*;
Merab Babukhadia*;
Tinatin Bolkvadze*;
Natia Chikovani*;
Per Durst-andersen;
Victor Friedman;
Thomas V. Gamkrelidze*;
Helen Giunashvili*;
Manana Gobronidze*;
Donara Grigorashvili*;
Olga Gurevich;
Marine Ivanishvili*;
Marika Jikia*;
Alexi Jordania*;
Manana Karkashadze*;
Zaza Kiknadze*;
Juri Kortava*;
Vladimir Lekiashvili*;
Ivane Lezhava*;
Irine Melikishvili*;
Maya Sakhokia*;
Inga Shaduri*;
Nino Shengelaia*;
Ether Soselia*;
Donald Stilo;
Thomas Widmann
- Gbe--
Felix Ameka
- German-- Neda Afrashi; Nino Amiridze; Jenny Audring*; Ashlee Bailey*;
Edward Bendix*; James P. Blevins; Ina Bornkessel*; Miriam Butt*; Sarah Cutfield;
Hubert Cuykens; Gabriele Diewald*; Holger Diessel*; Jasmine Dum-tragut*; Per
Durst-andersen; Bernárdez Enrique*; Sonja Erlenkamp*; Jacques François*;
Christopher Schmidt*; Claudia Gerstner-Link*; Daniel Glatz*; Manana Gobronidze;
Kleanthes Kostas Grohmann*; Florian Haas*; Martin Haspelmath*; Katharina Haude*;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff; Patricia Cabredo Cabredo*; Bernhard
Hurch*; Oliver Alexander; Marine Ivanishvili; Marika Jikia; Alexi Jordania;
Georg A. Kaiser*; Zaza Kiknadze; Udo Klein*; Stefan Knoob*; Bernd Kortmann*;
Maja Krstic*; Silvia Kutscher*; Christian Lehmann*; Vladimir Lekiashvili;
Alexander Letuchiy; Elena Lieven*; Torsten Leuschner*; Ivane Lezhava; Alexander
Loengarov; Friederike Luepke*; Ulrich Lüders*; Veronika Mattes*; Irine
Melikishvili; Carsten Naeher*; Heiko Narrog*; Brigitte Pakendorf*; Frans Plank*;
Beatrice Primus*; Johannes Reese; Michael Riessler*; Erich Round*; Robin Sackmann*;
Jeanette Sakel*; Maya Sakhokia; Hans-Juergen Sasse*; Adam Saulwick; Wolfgang
Schellinger*; Peter Schmidt*; Thomas Schöneborn*; Christoph Schroeder*;
Fritz Schweiger*; Hans-Eberhard Seidel*; Frank Seifart*; Manfred B. Sellner*;
Nino Shengelaia; Elena Skribnik; Andrej Sobolev; Ether Soselia; William Scott
Sphar; Bettina Spreng*; Ekaterini Stathi; Christel Stolz*; Thomas Stolz*;
Urmas Sutrop; Rolf Thieroff*; Mark van de Velde; Jean-Christophe Verstraete;
Barbara Wehr*; Bjoern Wiemer*; Jan Wohlgemuth*; Dietmar Zaefferer*; Ulrike
Zeshan; Carmen Jany*; Johannes Helmbrecht*; Olesya Khanina; Karsten Schmidtke*;
Lutz Gunkel*; Marc Kiwitt*; Linda A. Cumberland; Beáta Wagner-Nagy;
Thomas Hanke*; Roland Kießling*; Anna Filippova, Andrea Kiso*
- Bernese German--
Bernhard Wälchli*
- German dialects--
Yaron Matras
- German Sign Language--
Sonja Erlenkamp;
Martin Haase
- Middle High German--
Letizia Vezzosi
- Old High German--
Aditi Lahiri;
Letizia Vezzosi
- Pennsylvania German--
Kersti Börjars
- Swiss-German--
Fernando Zuniga
- Germanic languages--
Volker Heeschen;
Frederik Kortlandt;
César Montoliu;
Anna Giacalone Ramat;
Sang Hwan Seong;
Thomas Widmann;
Jan-Wouter Zwart
Fannie St-Pierre-Tanguay
- Gija--
Frances Kofod
- Godoberi--
Sergej G. Tatevosov
- Gorontalo --
Moses Usman
- Gothic--
Eugene Holman;
Aditi Lahiri;
Lyuba Veselinova
- Greek--
Anders Ahlqvist;
Alessandro de Angelis;
Lev Blumenfeld;
Daniel Glatz;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff;
Alberto Nocentini;
Ekaterini Stathi*;
Dieter Stern;
Andrea Sansò
Alexis Dimitriadis*;
- Greek (Modern)--
Patricia Cabredo Cabredo;
César Montoliu;
Hans-Jürgen Sasse;
Andrej Sobolev
- Greek (Ancient)--
Paul Kent;
Sonia Cristofaro;
Pierluigi Cuzzolin;
Matthew Davidson;
Helma Dik;
Alex François;
Katsumi Matsumoto;
César Montoliu;
Julie Olenn;
Jean Perrot;
Frans Plank;
Anna Giacalone Ramat;
Paolo Ramat;
Elisa Roma;
Wolfgang Schellinger;
Lindsay Whaley;
Jo Willmott;
Fernando Zuniga;
Michèle Fruyt;
Anna Pompei
- Greenlandic--
Anna Berge;
Jeanette Sakel
- Guaraní--
Georg Bossong;
Sebastian Drude
- Guajiro--
Luis Oquendo
- Guaycuru--see Waikuruan
- Guduf--
Hak-Soo Kim
- Gun-wok (esp. Gun-djeihmi, Mayali dialects)--
Nicholas Evans
- Gunin--
William Bernard McGregor
- Gur--
Robert Carlson
- Gur and Kwa languages
Ines Fiedler;
- Gurage--
Gideon Goldenberg
- Guugu Yimithirr--
Stephen C. Levinson
- Harari--
Gideon Goldenberg
- Harsusi--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Hausa
Anne Schwarz;
Ines Fiedler
- Hebrew--
Alexandra Aikhenvald;
Giorgio Banti;
Marcel Erdal;
David Gil;
Gideon Goldenberg*;
Claude Hagège;
Uri Horesh*;
Alan Roy King;
Yaron Matras*;
Cynthia L Miller;
Robin Sackmann;
Na'ama Pat-El*
- Biblical Hebrew--
Matthew Anstey;
Mark Arnold;
Na'ama Pat-El;
Coghill Eleanor
- Hindi-Urdu--
Anvita Abbi*;
Miriam Butt*;
Pradeep Das;
Elly van Gelderen;
Pramod Kumar*;
Claude Hagège;
John Michael;
Bhuvana Narasimhan;
John Peterson;
Kashi Wali*;
Ulrike Zeshan;
Lynn Nichols
- Hma’ Meri (Besisi)--
Nicole Kruspe
- Hmong--
Walter Bisang;
Nick Enfield;
Nerida Jarkey
- Hobyot--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Hocank/Winnebago--
Johannes Helmbrecht
- Hualapai (Yuman) ----
Kumiko Ichihashi-Nakayama
- Hungarian--
Daniel Abondolo;
Farrell Ackerman;
Marianne Bakro-Nagy*;
Éva Ágnes Csató
László Cseresnyési*;
Paolo Driussi;
Casper de Groot;
Claude Hagège;
Maja Krstic;
Stephen Matthews;
Edith A. Moravcsik;
Anna Sörés;
Jennifer van Vorst;
Jozsef Szakos*;
Richard;
Maria Vilkuna;
Beáta Wagner-Nagy*
- Hup (Nadahup, Amazonia)
Patience Epps
- Hurrian--
Frans Plank
- Ibero-Romance--
Georg Bossong
- Icelandic--
Bernárdez Enrique*;
Thomas Stolz;
Camilla Maria Wide
- Igbo--
Chinedu Uchechukwu*
- Ilgar--
Nicholas Evans
- Inari--
Ante Aikio
- Indian languages--
Aleksandr V. Elizarjev
- Old Indic--
Paul Kent Andersen
- Early Middle Indic--
Paul Kent Andersen
- Indo-Aryan languages--
Ljudmila V. Khokhlova;
Colin P. Masica;
Boris A. Zaharjin
- Indo-European languages--
Henning Andersen;
Alessandro de Angelis;
Theodora Bynon;
Katsumi Matsumoto
- Indo-Iranian
Andrew Nevins;
- Indo-Pakistani sign language --
Ulrike Zeshan
- Indonesian--
I Wayan Arka*;
Wiem Burung;
Mark Donohue;
Jason Jackson;
Yury Lander;
Bradley J. McDonnell;
Franz Mueller-Gotama;
Simon Musgrave;
Mohammad Umar Muslim;
Scott Paauw;
Jan Wohlgemuth
- Ingush--
Johanna Nichols*
- Inuit (Canadian Eastern Arctic)--
Elke Nowak
- Inuktitut--
Anna Berge
- Iñupiaq--
Linda Lanz
- Ipurina--
see Apurina
- Iranian languages--
Denise L. S. Bailey (Western dialects);
Gerardo Barbera;
Georg Bossong;
Helen Giunashvili;
Vincent Hachard;
Geoffrey Haig;
Gilbert Lazard;
Paul Ludwig;
Irina Muravyova;
Boris Ja. Ostrovskij;
Daniel Septfonds;
Donald Stilo
- Irish--
Anders Ahlqvist;
Pierluigi Cuzzolin;
Brian Nolan*;
Elisa Roma;
Barbara Wehr
- Old Irish--
Thomas Stewart
- Iroquoian languages--
Jordan Lachler;
Marianne Mithun:;
Hans-Juergen Sasse
- Italian--
Alessandro de Angelis*;
Tsisana Akhvlediani;
Giulia Bencini*;
Giuliano Bernini*;
Pier Marco Bertinetto*;
Guglielmo Cinque;
Sonia Cristofaro*;
Hortensia Curell;
Florian Haas;
Amr Ibrahim;
Beth Levin;
Alexander Loengarov;
Veronika Mattes;
Caterina Mauri*;
Federica da Milano*;
Paola Monachesi*;
Alberto Nocentini*;
Manuela Pinto*;
Annarita Puglielli*;
Anna Giacalone Ramat*;
Johannes Reese;
Elisa Roma*;
Nicoletta Romeo*;
Sergio Sergio Scalise*;
Rosanna Sornicola*;
Elisabeth Stark;
Letizia Vezzosi*;
Chris Sams;
Fulvio Freguja*;
Nicholas Thieberger;
Andrea Sansò*;
Raffaele Simone*;
Anna Pompei*
- Italian dialects--
Seth Jerchower;
Alberto Nocentini;
Davide Ricca (esp. Piedmontese);
Andrea Sansò
- Southern Italian dialects--
Raffaele Simone
- Ancient Italian--
Andrea Sansò
- Early Italian--
Raffaele Simone
- Italic--
Alberto Nocentini
- Itelmen--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Jonathan Bobaljik
- Iwaidja--
Nicholas Evans
- Jaminjung/Ngaliwurru (Non-Pama-Nyungan, Australian)--
Eva Schultze-Berndt
- Japanese--
Peter Austin;
David Birch;
Didier Bottineau;
Shigekazu Hasegawa*;
Yumi Hendershot*;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff;
Isao Honda*;
Yoshihiko Ikegami*;
Yoshizo Itabashi*;
Tsuyoshi Ito*;
Masatoshi Koizumi*;
Ritsuko Kikusawa (Kansai dialect*);
Alan H. Kim*;
Kazuyuki Kiryu*;
Hiroaki Kitano*;
Stefan Knoob;
Katsumi Matsumoto*;
Ilana Mushin;
Tomiko Narahara*;
Toshio Ohori*;
Midori Osumi*;
Christopher Schmidt*;
Hideaki Sugai*;
Kimio Tanihara*;
Yuki-Shige Tamura*;
Hideki Tsukamoto*;
Satoshi Uehara*;
Honore Watanabe*;
Kazuha Watanabe;*;
Tatsuya Yanagida;*;
Noriaki Yusa*;
Anna Bugaeva;
Nobuko Yoneda*;
Motomi Kajitani*;
Fulvio Freguja;
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi*;
Nerida Jarkey;
Elisabeth M. de Boer;
Peter Arkadiev;
Linda Lanz
- Japanese dialects--
Hideaki Sugai*
- Japanese Sign Language--
Nobukatsu Minoura
- Japreria--
Luis Oquendo
- Jiwarli--
Peter Austin
- Judeo-Italian Koinè--
Seth Jerchower
- Judeo-Italian Koinè dialects--
Seth Jerchower
- Kabardian--
Maria Polinsky
- Kae--
Tom Güldemann
- Kaqchikel--
Harry Howard
- Kala Lagaw Ya--
Lesley Fiona Stirling
- Kambera--
Marian Klamer
- Kannada--
Mirjam Fried
- Kansa--
Linda A. Cumberland
- Karnic Languages --
Claire Bowern
- Kanum--
Mark Donohue
- Kapampangan--
Hiroaki Kitano;
Marianne Mithun
- Karaim--
Éva Ágnes Csató
- Karao--
Sherri Brainard
- Kartvelian--
Thomas V. Gamkrelidze;
Alice C. Harris;
Jakov G. Testelec
- Kashmiri--
Kashi Wali*
- Kaxuyana--
Spike Gildea
- Kayan--
Ken Manson
- Kayardild--
Nicholas Evans;
Erich Round
- Kei --
I Wayan Arka
- Keresan--
Lynn Nichols
- Ket--
Marina Zinn
- Khmer--
Walter Bisang;
Nick Enfield;
Tamara G. Pogibenko
- Khalkha-Mongol--
Elena Skribnik
- Khoisan--
Christopher Collinds
- Kikuyu--
Mayrene Bentley
- Kimberley Kriol--
Frances Kofod;
Eva Schultze-Berndt
- Kimberley languages--
William Bernard McGregor
- Kinyarwanda--
Alain Lemarechal;
Dominique Vellard
- Kiranti languages--
Karen H. Ebert
- Kirundi--
Mayrene Bentley
- Kiswahili--
Assibi A. Amidu
- Klamath--
Scott Delancey;
Janne L. Underriner
- Kmhmu--
Nick Enfield
- Kolana--
Mark Donohue
- Komi--
Daniel Abondolo;
Ariadna I. Kuznecova
- Konni
Anne Schwarz
- Korean--
Kaoru Horie;
Yoshizo Itabashi;
Gregory K. Iverson;
Alan H. Kim*;
Hak-Soo Kim*;
Kazuyuki Kiryu;
Stefan Knoob*;
Sang-Won Paik*;
Manfred B. Sellner;
Sang Hwan Seong*;
Jae jung Song;
Hideki Tsukamoto;
Satoshi Uehara;
Kazuha Watanabe;
Jae-hoon Yeon;
Fulvio Freguja;
Lynn Nichols
- Krongo--
Mechthild Reh
- Kryz--
Wolfgang Schulze;
Gilles Authier
- Kumeyaay --
Richard Epstein
- Kuni--
Alan Jones
- Kuot--
Eva Lindström
- Kurdish--
Geoffrey Haig;
Paul Ludwig;
Yaron Matras;
Christoph Schroeder;
Coghill Eleanor
- KurmanjŒ--
Geoffrey Haig
- Kurtoep--
Gwendolyn Lowes
- Kutenai--
Matthew Dryer
- Kuuk Thaayorre --
Alice Gaby
- Kwa languages--
Felix Ameka;
Gerald Heusing;
Ines Fiedler
- Ladino Dolomitico
Carol Genetti;
- Lak--
Victor Friedman;
Johannes Helmbrecht;
Konstantin I. Kazenin
- Lakhota--
Marianne Mithun;
Regina Pustet;
Linda A. Cumberland
- Langi--
Margaret Dunham*
- Lao--
Nick Enfield
- Latin--
Anders Ahlqvist;
Paul Kent;
Lev Blumenfeld;
Pierluigi Cuzzolin;
Joseph Eska;
Mirjam Fried;
Xaveiro Ballester Gómez;
Daniel Glatz;
Ernesto Herrera-Legorreta;
Martin Haase;
Even Hovdhaugen;
Bernd Kortmann;
Christiane Marchello-Nizia;
Katsumi Matsumoto;
César Montoliu;
Carsten Naeher;
Alberto Nocentini;
Jean Perrot;
Frans Plank;
Vladimir A. Plungian;
Regina Pustet;
Anna Giacalone Ramat;
Paolo Ramat;
Johannes Reese;
Elisa Roma;
Wolfgang Schellinger;
Michael B. Smith ;
Andrea Sansò
Raffaele Simone;
Michèle Fruyt;
Anna Pompei
- Late Latin--
Raffaele Simone
- Latvian--
Thomas Stolz;
Bernhard Wälchli
- Lavukaleve--
Angela Terrill
- Laz (South Caucasian)--
Silvia Kutscher
- Lelemi
Anne Schwarz;
Ines Fiedler;
- Lezgian--
Martin Haspelmath;
Elena Ju. Kalinina
- Libbali--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Lingala--
Valeri Khabirov
- Lithuanian--
Mirjam Fried;
Xaveiro Ballester Gómez;
Artras JUDZENTIS;
Manfred Ostrowski;
Maria Polinsky;
Bjoern Wiemer
- Livonian--
Bernhard Wälchli
- Low Saxon--
Johannes Reese
- Lowland South America--
Daniel Everett
- Lule--
Raoul Zamponi
- Maale--
Azeb Amha
- Maastricht Limburgian--
Leon Stassen
- Macedonian--
Victor Friedman;
Ilana Mushin;
Andrej Sobolev
- Magahi--
Pramod Kumar*
- Maipure (Arawak)--
Raoul Zamponi
- Maithili --
Pradeep Das
- Makah--
(Southern Wakashan) --
Matthew Davidson
- Makasai--
John Bowden
- Makassarese--
Anthony Jukes*
- Malagasy--
Ritsuko Kikusawa
- Malay/Indonesian--
David Gil;
Volker Heeschen;
Gary Holton;
Alan Jones;
Franz Mueller-Gotama;
Foong Ha Yap
- Maldivian--
Leonid Kulikov
- Maltese--
Ray Fabri;
Fritz Schweiger;
Martine Vanhove
- Manam--
Frantisek Lichtenberk
- Manange--
Kristine Hildebrandt
- Manchu-Tungusic--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Lindsay Whaley;
Carsten Naeher
- Mande languages--
Robert Carlson;
Denis Creissels
- Manggarai--
I Wayan Arka
- Maori--
Stig Eliasson
- Mapudungu--
Lucia Gollusci;
Fernando Zuniga
- Marathi--
Kashi Wali*
- Mari--
Ariadna I. Kuznecova;
Kazuto Matsumura;
Alexandre Arkhipov
- Marrgu--
Nicholas Evans
- Mawng--
Ruth Singer
- Maya (Yucatec)--
Juergen Bohnemeyer;
Christian Lehmann;
Christel Stolz;
Thomas Stolz
- Mayan--
Charles Andrew Hofling;
Søren Wichmann
- Megrelian--
Marika Jikia;
Manana Karkashadze;
Juri Kortava*;
Ether Soselia
- Mehri--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Mekeo--
Alan Jones
- Mehinaku--
Erik Levin
- Michif--
Peter Bakker
- Micronesian languages--
Jae jung Song
- Mijikenda --
Steve Nicolle
- Mi’kmaq (North American Algonquian language)--
Stephanie Inglis
- Min--
Umberto Ansaldo
- South Min (Malaysian Hokkien)--
Sarah Lee*
- Miriwoong--
Frances Kofod
- Miwok--
Suzanne Wash
- Mixe-Zoquean--
Søren Wichmann;
Carmen Jany
- Mixtec --
Mary Paster
- Mocovi--
Veronica Grondona
- Modoc--
Janne L. Underriner
- Mohawk--
Marianne Mithun
- Mon-Khmer languages--
Tamara G. Pogibenko
- Mongolian--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Kunihiko Hashimoto;
Lars Johanson;
Carsten Naeher
- Monokutuba--
Valeri Khabirov
- Moru-Madi languages--
Gerald Heusing
- Matses
David W. Fleck;
- Mordva--
Daniel Abondolo
- Mordvin--
Bernhard Wälchli
- Mosetenan--
Jeanette Sakel
- Mosina--
Alex François
- Mosuo--
Liberty Lidz
- Motlav--
Alex François
- Motu--
Alan Jones
- Movima--
Katharina Haude
- Na (Naxi, Mosuo)
Alexis Michaud
- Nahuatl--
Thomas Stolz;
Lyuba Veselinova*
- Classical Nahuatl--
Ernesto Herrera-Legorreta
- Naman--
Terry Crowley
- Native American languages--
Doris Payne;
Mark Baker
- Nama--
Hans den Besten
- Navajo--
Andrej A. Kibrik;
Fernando Zuniga
- Ndendeule--
Tom Güldemann
- Nêlêmwa--
Isabelle Bril
- Tinrin and Neku (New Caledonia)--
Midori Osumi
- Nenets (Yurak)--
Manfred Ostrowski
- Nenets (Tundra)--
Olesya Khanina
- Nepali--
Balthasar Bickel;
Spike Gildea;
Kristine Hildebrandt;
John Michael;
John Peterson;
Boyd Michailovsky;
Carol Genetti
- New Caledonian languages--
Isabelle Bril;
Claire Moyse-faurie
- New Ngoni--
Tom Güldemann
- Newar--
Kazuyuki Kiryu;
Mike Morgan;
Carol Genetti
- Newari --
Austin Hale;
Kazuha Watanabe
- Nganasan --
Larisa Leisiö
- Nhanda--
Juliette Blevins
- Nhirrpi--
Claire Bowern
- Nias--
Lea Brown
- Niger-Congo languages--
G. Tucker;
David Peterson;
Mechthild Reh;
Mark Baker
- Nilo-Saharan languages--
Torben Andersen;
Suzanne Kemmer;
Mechthild Reh
- Nilotic languages--
Gerald Heusing
- Eastern Nilotic languages--
Doris Payne
- Nivkh--
Daniel Abondolo
- North Central America--
Inga Dolinina (Hitchcock)
- Norwegian--
Anders Ahlqvist;
Éva Ágnes Csató
Jarle Ebeling*;
Stig Eliasson;
Pål Kristian Eriksen*;
Sonja Erlenkamp;
Orjan Leren*;
Æshild Næss;
Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen
- Norwegian Sign Language--
Sonja Erlenkamp;
Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen
- Nyulnyul--
William Bernard McGregor
- Nyulnyulan languages--
Claire Bowern
- Occitan--
Max Wheeler
- Oceanic languages--
Alex François;
Ulrike Mosel
- Old Church Slavonic--
Victor Friedman;
Jouko Lindstedt;
Dieter Stern
- Oneida--
Marianne Mithun
- Onondaga--
Marianne Mithun
- Ormuri--
Daniel Septfonds
- Oromo--
Giorgio Banti
- Oti-Volta languages
Anne Schwarz
- Otomanguean--
Aaron H. Sonnenschein
- Paamese--
Terry Crowley
- Pacific North West languages--
David Beck;
Joseph Eska
- Palau--
Alain Lemarechal
- Paleoasiatic languages--
Ralf-Stefan Georg
- Paleo-Siberian languages--
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm;
Elena Maslova
- Pali--
John Michael;
John Peterson;
Boris A. Zaharjin
- Pamir languages--
Jakov G. Testelec
- Panare--
Spike Gildea;
Thomas E. Payne
- Panoan languages--
Pilar Valenzuela;
David W. Fleck
- Papuan languages--
Bernard Comrie;
Volker Heeschen;
Marian Klamer;
Robyn Loughnane;
Cynthia Farr
- Papuan-Malay--
Wiem Burung*
- Pariagoto (Caribian)--
Raoul Zamponi
- Pashto--
Daniel Septfonds
- Penutian languages--
Scott Delancey;
Janne L. Underriner
- Persian--
Neda Afrashi*;
Shigekazu Hasegawa;
Paul Ludwig;
Gilbert Lazard;
Boris Ja. Ostrovskij;
Maya Sakhokia;
Wolfgang Schulze
- Middle Persian--
Paul Ludwig
- Philippine languages--
Hsiu-Chuan Liao
- Piedmontese--
Davide Ricca;
Mauro Tosco*
- Pidgins--
- Bislama pidgin--Alex François;
- Melanesian Pidgin (Bislama, Tok Pisin)--Terry Crowley;
- Russian pidgins--Dieter Stern;
- Solomon Island Pidgin--Angela shild Næss*
- Pilippine languages--
Sherri Brainard
- Pima Bajo--
Zarina Estrada
- Pitjantjatjara--
Heather Bowe
- Poko-Rawo--
Matthew Dryer*
- Polish--
Andrii Danylenko;
Lucyna Gebert*;
Xaveiro Ballester Gómez;
Elzbieta Kaczorowska*;
Orjan Leren;
Ewa Schalley*;
Anna Siewierska*;
Andrej Sobolev;
Dieter Stern;
Bjoern Wiemer;
Alena Witzlack-Makarevich;
Ewa D. Zakrzewska*
- Polynesian languages--
Claire Moyse-faurie;
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
- Polynesian (Hawaiian)--
Alan Roy King
- Portuguese--
Alexandra Aikhenvald;
Suzie Bartsch*;
Alain Fabre;
Spike Gildea;
Antonio Gragera;
Georg A. Kaiser;
Ernesto Herrera-Legorreta;
Harry Howard;
Alexander Loengarov;
Frederico Meinberg*;
Johannes Reese;
Stella Telles*;
William H. Wheeler;
Dietmar Zaefferer;
Lewis C. Howe;
Patience Epps
- Brazilian Portuguese--
Fernando Zuniga
- Punjabi--
Anvita Abbi;
Miriam Butt
- Qiang--
Randy J. LaPolla
- Quechua--
Georg Bossong;
Claire Lefebvre;
Nicholas Ostler;
Lewis C. Howe
- Rembarrnga (Gunwinyguan)--
Adam Saulwick
- Reyesano (Tacanan)
Antoine Guillaume;
- Romance languages--
Juan C. Moreno Cabrera;
Guglielmo Cinque;
Mily Crevels;
Andolin Eguzkitza;
Daniel Everett;
Volker Heeschen;
Bernhard Hurch;
Matthew Juge;
Xavier Lamuela;
César Montoliu;
Helena L. Palma;
Carmen Pensado;
Wolfgang Raible;
Paolo Ramat;
Petra M. Vogel;
Barbara Wehr;
Thomas Widmann;
Raffaele Simone;
Andrew Nevins
- Romani--
Evangelia Adamou;
Viktor Elšík;
Victor Friedman;
Yaron Matras;
Helena Pirttisaari (Finnish Romani)
- Roro--
Alan Jones
- Rumanian--
Oliver Alexander;
Udo Klein;
Beatrice Primus;
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Anton;
Andrej Sobolev;
Elisabeth Stark
- Russian--
Tsisana Akhvlediani;
Nino Amiridze;
Rusudan Asatiani;
Merab Babukhadia;
Edward Bendix*;
James P. Blevins;
Lev Blumenfeld;
Tinatin Bolkvadze;
Ludmila Bolsunovskaya*;
Natia Chikovani;
Inga Dolinina (Hitchcock)*;
Anaid Donabedian*;
Per Durst-andersen;
Pål Kristian Eriksen*;
Elena Ju. Filimonova*;
Helen Giunashvili;
Manana Gobronidze;
Donara Grigorashvili;
Olga Gurevich*;
Françoise Herault-Ratzlaff;
Marine Ivanishvili;
Marika Jikia;
Alexi Jordania;
Manana Karkashadze;
Petar Kehayov;
Valeri Khabirov*;
Alexandr Kibrik*;
Andrej A. Kibrik*;
Zaza Kiknadze;
Juri Kortava;
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm*;
Elizaveta Kotorowa*;
Antonina I. Koval'*;
Leonid Kulikov*;
Yury Lander*;
Larisa Leisiö*;
Vladimir Lekiashvili;
Orjan Leren;
Alexander Letuchiy*;
Ivane Lezhava;
Ekaterina A. Ljutikova*;
Elena Maslova*;
Andrei L. Malchukov*;
Irine Melikishvili;
Nadezhda V. Moiseeva*;
Igor Nedjalkov*;
Johanna Nichols*;
Vladimir A. Plungian*;
Johannes Reese;
Mitko Sabev*;
Maya Sakhokia;
Ewa Schalley;
Peter Schmidt;
Hans-Eberhard Seidel;
Inga Shaduri;
Nino Shengelaia;
Elena Skribnik*;
Andrej Sobolev*;
Ether Soselia;
Dieter Stern;
Lyuba Veselinova;
Alena Witzlack-Makarevich;
Jan Wohlgemuth;
Anna Bugaeva*;
Johannes Helmbrecht;
Olesya Khanina*;
Alexandre Arkhipov*;
Marina Zinn*;
Denis Paillard;
Peter Arkadiev*;
Anna Filippova*
- Russian Pidgins--
Dieter Stern
- Rutul
Gilles Authier
- Ryukyu --
Tsuyoshi Ito
- Saami --
Ante Aikio;
Michael Riessler;
- Skolt Saami Ante Aikio;
- North Saami Ante Aikio*;
- Skolt Saami Ante Aikio;
- Saarua--
Jozsef Szakos
- Sahaptin--
Bill Lewis
- Saho--
Giorgio Banti
- Saliba--
Anna Margetts
- Salishan--
David Beck;
Michael Noonan;
Honore Watanabe
- Samawa--
Peter Austin
- Saramaccan--
Jeff Good;
John McWhorter
- Sango--
Valeri Khabirov
- Sami --
Per Durst-andersen
- Samoan--
Even Hovdhaugen;
Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen
- Samoyedic languages
Valentin Ju. Gusev;
Beáta Wagner-Nagy
- Sanskrit--
Alessandro de Angelis;
Giorgio Banti;
Leonid Kulikov;
John Michael;
Irina Muravyova;
John Peterson;
Boris A. Zaharjin
Michèle Fruyt
- Sasak--
Peter Austin;
Simon Musgrave
- Scandinavian languages--
Kersti Börjars;
Hans Götzsche;
Even Hovdhaugen;
Lars Johanson;
Matthew Juge;
Michael Riessler;
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm;
Petra M. Vogel
- Scottish Gaelic--
Thomas Stewart
- Selayarese--
Marianne Mithun
- Selkup--
Ariadna I. Kuznecova
- Semelai--
Nicole Kruspe
- Semoq Beri--
Nicole Kruspe
- Semitic languages--
Mark Arnold;
Giorgio Banti;
Floor Floor Loeb-Diehl;
Cynthia L Miller (Northwest Semitic);
W. Randall Garr;
Hans-Juergen Sasse;
Eva Schultze-Berndt;
Samia Naïm
- Seri--
Stephen Marlett
- Seneca--
Marianne Mithun
- Senufo languages--
Robert Carlson
- Serbian--
Victor Friedman;
Oliver Alexander;
Andrej Sobolev;
Relja Vulanovic*
- Sherpa --
Thomas Graves
- Shona--
Tom Güldemann
- Shilluk--
Cynthia L Miller
- Shipibo-Konibo--
Pilar Valenzuela
- Siberian--
Bernard Comrie;
Ralf-Stefan Georg
- Sign languages--
- American Sign Language -- Susan McBurney; Mike Morgan;
- Austrian -- Franz Dotter;
- Bolivian -- Mike Morgan;
- German -- Sonja Erlenkamp; Martin Haase; Sylvia Kutscher;
- Indo-Pakistani -- Ulrike Zeshan;
- Japanese -- Nobukatsu Minoura; Mike Morgan;
- Norwegian -- Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen; Sonja Erlenkamp;
- Swedish -- Inger Ahlgren;
- Singapore Hokkien--
Hideaki Sugai
- Sinhalese--
James Gair
- Sinitic languages--
Nick Enfield
- Siswati--
Udo Klein
- Sino-Tibetan languages--
Bill Lewis;
Graham Thurgood
- Siuoan (North America)--
Robert D. Jr. Van Valin;
Johannes Helmbrecht
- Skou--
Mark Donohue
- Slavic languages--
Evangelia Adamou;
Dunstan Brown;
Juan C. Moreno Cabrera;
Bernard Comrie;
Greville G. Corbett;
Francesca Fici;
Zygmunt Frajzyngier;
Frederik Kortlandt;
Larisa Leisiö
Johanna Nichols*;
Maria Polinsky;
Vittorio Tomelleri;
Relja Vulanovic
- Slovak--
Viktor Elšík
- Slovene--
Aleksandra Derganc;
Mirjam Fried;
John Hajek;
Martina Ozbot*;
Richard Migliazza
- Sogotri--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- Solomon Island Pidgin--
Angela Terrill
- Somali--
Giorgio Banti;
Patricia Cabredo Cabredo;
Annarita Puglielli;
Lunella Mereu;
Lucyna Gebert;
John Saeed;
Mauro Tosco
- Songhai--
Fjodor Ivanovich Rozhanskij;
Viktor A. Vinogradov;
Jeffrey Heath
- Sorbian--
Andrej Sobolev
- South-American languages--
Lucia Gollusci;
Doris Payne
- South-Arabian languages--
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle
- South-Asian languages--
Theodora Bynon;
Kashi Wali;
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Southeast-Asian languages--
Scott Delancey;
Toshio Ohori;
Boris M. Volkhonskij;
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
- Spanish--
Ana Carrera Hernandez*;
Alonso Cortes*;
Hortensia Curell*;
Timothy Curnow*;
Bernárdez Enrique*;
Alain Fabre;
Jose M. Garcia-Miguel*;
Ruth M. González*;
Antonio Gragera*;
José M. Gurpegui*;
Carlos Inchaurralde*;
Ernesto Herrera-Legorreta*;
Patricia Cabredo Cabredo*;
Harry Howard;
César Montoliu*;
Georg A. Kaiser;
Andrew Koontz-Garboden;
Diana Lewis;
Alexander Loengarov;
Loretta O'Connor*;
Helena L. Palma*;
Johannes Reese;
Joana Rossello;
Frank Seifart;
Robin Sackmann;
Stella Telles;
Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria;
Pilar Valenzuela*;
Kazuha Watanabe;
Mark van de Velde;
Carmen Jany;
Chris Sams;
Karsten Schmidtke;
David W. Fleck*;
Lewis C. Howe ;
Andrea Sansò;
Marc Kiwitt;
Antoine Guillaume;
Patience Epps
- Spanish (Aljamiado)--
Vincent Hachard
- Spanish (South-American)--
Rik van Gijn
- Sumerian --
Jarle Ebeling
- Sundanese--
Franz Mueller-Gotama
- Susu--
Viktor A. Vinogradov
- Svan--
Andrej A. Kibrik;
Ivane Lezhava*
- Swahili--
Assibi A. Amidu;
Mayrene Bentley;
Balthasar Bickel;
Tom Güldemann;
Manfred Krifka;
Steve Nicolle;
Carol Rosen;
Anne Schwarz;
Roland Kießling;
- Swedish-- Anders Ahlqvist*; Jan Anward*; Kersti Börjars*; Östen
Dahl*; Stig Eliasson*; Olle Engstrand*; Alain Fabre; Kari Fraurud*; Françoise
Herault-Ratzlaff; Seppo Kittilä Eva Lindström*; Alexander Loengarov;
Helena Pirttisaari; Johannes Reese; Erich Round*; Kaius Sinnemaki; Ulla Veres*;
Lyuba Veselinova; Linda Lanz, Andrea Kiso
- Swedish Sign Language--
Inger Ahlgren
- Sye--
Terry Crowley
- Syriac--
Gideon Goldenberg;
Na'ama Pat-El
- Taba--
John Bowden
- Tabasaran--
Wolfgang Schulze
- Tadjik--
Boris Ja. Ostrovskij
- Tagalog--
David Gil;
Nikolaus Himmelmann;
Alain Lemarechal;
Simon Musgrave;
Donald Rosso;
Lina I. Shkarban
- Tai-Kadai--
Graham Thurgood
- Taiwanese--
Lilly Chen;
Hsiu-Chuan Liao*
- Tamangic (Sino-Tibetan)--
Michael Noonan
- Tamazight--
Nasser Berjaoui
- Tamil--
Stephen C. Levinson;
Bhuvana Narasimhan*;
Maria Polinsky;
Christel Stolz
- Tape--
Terry Crowley
- Taqbaylit Berber--
Amina Mettouchi*
- Tarahumara--
Edward Lee (Jr.) Blansitt
- Tariana--
Alexandra Aikhenvald
- Tatar--
Olesya Khanina
- Tatuyo--
Elsa Gomez Imbert
- Teiwaa--
Marian Klamer
- Teribe--
J. Diego Quesada
- Thai--
Walter Bisang;
Alec Coupe;
Nick Enfield;
Krisadawan Hongladarom*;
Kazuyuki Kiryu;
Brian Migliazza;
Wolfram Schaffar;
Kingkarn Thepkanjana*;
Mark Post;
Ken Manson
- Thakali--
Ralf-Stefan Georg
- Tibetan--
Krisadawan Hongladarom;
Randy J. LaPolla
- Classical Tibetan--
Paul Kent Andersen
- Tibeto-Burman (esp. Tibetan)--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Scott Delancey;
Martine Mazaudon;
Boyd Michailovsky;
Liberty Lidz
- Tibeto-Burman languages--
Randy J. LaPolla;
Alice C. Vittrant
- Tildonks (Flemish dialect)--
Willy Van Langendonck
- Tinrin (New Caledonia)--
Midori Osumi
- Titan--
Claire Bowern
- Tiwa (Northern)--
Lynn Nichols
- Tlapanec--
Søren Wichmann
- To'aba'ita--
Frantisek Lichtenberk
- Toba--
Marisa Censabella;
Veronica Grondona
- Tobelo (Papuan)--
Gary Holton
- Tocharian --
Gerardo Barbera
- Tok Pisin--
Andrew Ingram;
Eva Lindström;
Malcolm David Ross
- Tokelauan--
Even Hovdhaugen;
Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen
- Tokharian--
Giorgio Banti
- Tolowa--
Janne L. Underriner
- Tomini-Tolitoli (Western Austronesian)--
Nikolaus Himmelmann
- Tsakhur--
Konstantin I. Kazenin;
Wolfgang Schulze;
Sergej G. Tatevosov
- Tsou--
Jozsef Szakos
- Tsou--
Jeffrey Heath
- Tukang Besi--
Mark Donohue
- Tukanoan languages--
Elsa Gomez Imbert
- Tungusic--
Andrei L. Malchukov;
Igor Nedjalkov;
Elisabeth M. de Boer
- Tunguz--
Lars Johanson;
Andrei L. Malchukov
- Tupí-Guaraní--
Sebastian Drude
- Turkic languages--
Marcel Erdal;
Geoffrey Haig;
Lars Johanson;
Irina Muravyova;
Carsten Naeher;
Maria Polinsky;
Christoph Schroeder;
Elena Skribnik (South Siberian)
- Middle Turkic--
Hendrik Erik Boeschoten
- Turkish--
Marcella Bertuccelli;
Hendrik Erik Boeschoten;
Balthasar Bickel;
Éva Ágnes Csató
Marcel Erdal;
Kari Fraurud;
Mirjam Fried;
Victor Friedman;
Geoffrey Haig;
Even Hovdhaugen;
Marika Jikia;
Alan Jones;
Baris Kabak*;
Yaron Matras;
César Montoliu;
Françoise Rose;
Christoph Schroeder;
Dan I. Slobin;
Ekaterini Stathi;
Raffaele Simone
- Tuscarora--
Marianne Mithun
- Tuva--
Andrej A. Kibrik
- Tuvinian (Turkic)--
Leonid Kulikov
- Tzebtal--
Stephen C. Levinson
- Tzotzil--
Volker Gast;
Stuart Robinson
- Udi--
Wolfgang Schulze;
Donald Stilo
- Udmurt--
Maria Vilkuna
- Unggarrangu--
William Bernard McGregor
- Ukrainian--
Andrii Danylenko*;
Antonina I. Koval';
Sergej G. Tatevosov
- Umpila languages (Australia)--
Claire Hill
- Ura--
Terry Crowley
- Uralic languages--
Marianne Bakro-Nagy;
Valentin Ju. Gusev;
Laszlo HÓntö
- Urdu--
Miriam Butt*;
- Uzbek--
Hendrik Erik Boeschoten
- Veps--
Igor A. Shoshitaishvili
- Vespian--
Eugene Holman
- Vietnamese--
Walter Bisang;
Nick Enfield;
Alexis Michaud
- Vlah--
Victor Friedman
- Vodic--
Igor A. Shoshitaishvili
- Vogul (Mansi)--
Manfred Ostrowski;
Elena Skribnik
- Waikuruan (Guaycuru)--
Veronica Grondona
- Waimoa--
John Bowden
- Walman--
Matthew Dryer
- Wangkajunga--
William Bernard McGregor
- Wano--
Wiem Burung
- Wanyjirra--
Tasaku Tsunoda
- Warrangu--
Tasaku Tsunoda
- Warrwa--
William Bernard McGregor
- Washo--
Alan Yu
- Welsh--
Anders Ahlqvist;
Andrew Ingram;
Alan Roy King
- West-African languages--
Mark I. Kaplun;
Claire Lefebvre;
Mary Paster;
Vladimir A. Plungian
- West Atlantic--
Nina R. Sumbatova
- Western Nilotic--
Michael Noonan
- Wolof--
Vladimir A. Plungian;
Stéphane Robert
- Winnebago--
Johannes Helmbrecht
- Wolaitta--
Azeb Amha*
- Yakut--
Ralf-Stefan Georg;
Brigitte Pakendorf;
Dieter Stern
- Yankunytjatjara (Malay) --
Cliff Goddard
- Yaqui--
Zarina Estrada
- Yél Dnye--
Stephen C. Levinson
- Yiddish--
Eitan Grossman;
Alan Roy King;
Ruth Singer;
Dan I. Slobin
- Yagua--
Thomas E. Payne
- Yom
Ines Fiedler;
- Yukaghir--
Elena Maslova;
Manfred Ostrowski
- Yup’ik Eskimo--
Gary Holton;
Marianne Mithun;
Yuki-Shige Tamura
- Yurak (Nenets)--
Manfred Ostrowski
- Yurakaré--
Rik van Gijn
- Yurok--
Juliette Blevins
- Zapotec--
Stephen Marlett;
Aaron H. Sonnenschein
- Zargulla--
Azeb Amha
- Zazaki--
Paul Ludwig
- Zoque--
Volker Gast (see also Mixtec)
- Zuni--
Lynn Nichols