Training and Resources for Indigenous Community Linguists (TRICL)

TRICL is a week-long training workshop for community member researchers held annually (usually in mid-January) in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Our always-evolving curriculum trains participants in basic language and culture documentation and related software and equipment, including file management, audio-visual recording, recording metadata, various types of annotation (transcription and translation), archiving and lexicon-building, among other topics. In addition to CCLD-EH staff, TRICL trainers include international, national and local resource persons who contribute expertise on a range of topics and methods, from orthography design to open-source mapping to botanical sampling and species identification.

Any sincere and committed member of an Eastern Himalayan Indigenous language community is welcome to apply to join TRICL, regardless of age, gender, institutional affiliation, or academic background.

TRICL gratefully acknowledges ongoing support from the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research.

TRICL Programs

  • TRICL1

    25th to 29th January, 2016

    Napit Village, near Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL2

    15th to 19th April, 2019

    Napit Village, near Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL3

    13th to 17th January, 2020

    Napit Village, near Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL4

    9th to 13th January, 2023

    Napit Village, near Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL5

    10th to 14th January, 2024

    Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL6

    13th to 18th January, 2025

    Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh, India

  • TRICL7

    14th to 20th April, 2026

    Rigbi Village, Jonai, Assam, India