Featured Program
TRICL (Training and Resources for Indigenous Community Linguists)
Our purpose
CCLD-EH is a research and training organization dedicated to documenting, describing and sustaining cultural-linguistic diversity in the Eastern Himalayan region (northeast India and adjacent areas in Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Myanmar and eastern Nepal).
Our aims:
document diversity
build capacity
foster collaboration
promote sustainability
CCLD-EH as an organization is lean, nimble, and focused squarely on its core areas of expertise. Its members are highly accomplished pioneers in their research areas, with decades of combined research experience, a track record of high-quality publications and prestigious academic awards, advanced fluency in local languages, and extensive networks of local and international support.
We run programs focused on:
- language and culture documentation
- grammatical description
- dictionary construction and design
- pedagogical materials development
- ethnobotanical knowledge
- oral literature
- orthography design and implementation
- advice to policymakers
