This project undertakes a linguistic survey of the Greater Los Angeles area, the first such study of a multilingual metropolis. Among the subjects to be examined are the various communities, their histories, their interactions with one another, and their efforts to maintain their identities.

Long project overview

Preliminary list of languages spoken in Los Angeles.

Maps of languages spoken in the LA area, created by Derrick Auyoung

The first five languages to be considered are listed below.

• Farsi (Persian) page
• Indigenous languages of Los Angeles page
• Japanese page (for example, an image)
• Lithuanian page
• Spanish page

Swadesh list

List of questions to be asked of informants:

• Nominal Morphology Questionnaire
• Phonology Questionnaire

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