Founded in 2010 with daniel kaufman and juliet blevins, the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) is a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. currently helming are daniel kaufman and ross perlin. this major project is mapping the languages of new york city.
ELA has worked to different degrees on numerous projects with speakers of over a hundred languages spoken in New York City and beyond. More in-depth work continues on the several dozen featured here.
City of Endangered Languages – New York Times (2010)