Language expertise for LFG Database Members

Note: If you are looking for a particular language, you might also want to look under that language family (or vice versa). If you are not sure what family the language belongs to or which languages are in a given family, try Languages of the World.

• all natural languages--Michael BRAMANTE
• Algonquiam--Amy DAHLSTROM, Thomas WIER
• Arabic--Mohammed ATTIA, Lori LEVIN, Seddik SIDRINE
• Armenian--Farrell ACKERMAN
• Australian Aboriginal--Peter AUSTIN, Joan BRESNAN, Cathryn DONOHUE, Rachel NORDLINGER
• Austronesian--Mary DALRYMPLE, Paul KROEGER, Simon MUSGRAVE
  
  
• Balinese--I Wayan Arka
• Bambara--Christopher CULY
• Bantu--Joan BRESNAN, Ernest JAKAZA, Hanjung LEE, Sozinho Francisco MATSINHE, Sam MCHOMBO, John MUGANE, Alec PONGWENI
• Basque--Cathryn DONOHUE
• Bengali--P. UMARANI
• Benue-Congo--Presley IFUKOR
• Biatah--Paul KROEGER
• Languages of Borneo--Paul KROEGER
• Bribri--Jorge Antonio LEONI de León
• Bulgarian--Florian JAEGER, Tracy Holloway KING
  
  
• Cantonese--Adams BODOMO
• Catalan--Alex ALSINA
• Celtic--Louisa SADLER
• Chichewa/Chinyanja--Alex ALSINA, Sam MCHOMBO
• Chinese--Cathryn DONOHUE, One-Soon HER, Sunny LEE, Lori LEVIN, Roger LEVY, Dianyu LI, Yuhong LIU, Yu-Ching TSENG, Lian Hee WEE, Karene WONG
• ChiNyanja--Ernest JAKAZA
• Choctaw--George Aaron BROADWELL
• Chukchi--Andrew SPENCER
• Copala Trique--George Aaron BROADWELL
• Cree--Amy DAHLSTROM
• Croatian--Sanja SELJAN
• Cushitic--Lunella MEREU
  
  
• Dagaare--Adams BODOMO
• Danish--Bjarne OERSNES
• Land Dayak--Paul KROEGER
• Dogon--Christopher CULY
• Dutch--Kersti BÖRJARS, Stuart ROBISON
  
  
• Edo--Presley IFUKOR
• English--Khalil AHMED, Gabriel AMORES, Ash ASUDEH, Mohammed ATTIA, Julia BARRON, Julia BERND, Joan BRESNAN, Mike CALCAGNO, Erika Z. CHISARIK, Grzegorz CHRUPALA, Yvan CLOUTIER, Rob O'CONNOR, Richard CROUCH, Thierry DECLERCK, Rudolfo DELMONTE, Bruno ESTIGARRIBIA, Yehuda FALK, Martin FORST, Anette FRANK, Björn GAMBÄCK, One-Soon HER, Paul HIRSCHBÜHLER, Ki-Sun HONG, Alexander HORNUNG, Tiffany Zenith IVINS, Florian JAEGER, Nisheeth JOSHI, Lauri KARTTUNEN, Anna KIBORT, Tracy Holloway KING, Valia KORDONI, Marie Fellbaum KORPI, Jonas KUHN, Tibor LACZKO, Sunny LEE, Iddo LEV, Lori LEVIN, Roger LEVY, Dianyu LI, Yuhong LIU, Ana LUIS, Jean-Philippe MARCOTTE, Stella MARKANTONATOU, Zenaide Alves MARTINS, Iti MATHUR, Yo MATSUMOTO, Mairead MCCARTHY, Lunella MEREU, KP MOHAHAN, Rajar Kumar MOHANTY, Kathleen MORTON, Ruth O'DONOVAN, Masako OHARA, Ryo OTOGURO, Masanori OYA, Emrah OZCAN, Gerard PEREGRIN, Peter PETERSON, Alec PONGWENI, Andrei PREOBRAZHENSKY, Jose QUESADA, Cuthbert Ramos, Ricardo SAITO, Natalie SCHLUTER, Sanja SELJAN, Seddik SIDRINE, Jane SIMPSON, Andrew SPENCER, Aline VILLAVICENCIO, Annie ZAENEN
• English: Asian varieties--Lian Hee WEE
  
  
• Farsi--Ash ASUDEH
• Finnish--Lauri KARTTUNEN, Joan MALING, Ida TOIVONEN
• Fox (Meskwaki)--Amy DAHLSTROM
• French--Adams BODOMO, Lionel CLÉMENT, Yvan CLOUTIER, Bruno ESTIGARRIBIA, Martin FORST, Anette FRANK, Paul HIRSCHBÜHLER, Alexander HORNUNG, Tiffany Zenith IVINS, Carmen KELLING, Sombat KHRUATHONG, Franck LE DUFF, Hanjung LEE, Jorge Antonio LEONI de León, Lori LEVIN, Jean-Philippe MARCOTTE, Kathleen MORTON, Andrei PREOBRAZHENSKY, Natalie SCHLUTER, Christoph SCHWARZE, Sanja SELJAN, Seddik SIDRINE, Annie ZAENEN
• French Sign Language--Lionel CLÉMENT
• Quebec French--Jean-Philippe MARCOTTE
• Fula (Fulfulde)--Christopher CULY
  
  
• Georgian--Tracy Holloway KING, Thomas WIER
• German--Leonel Figueiredo de ALENCAR, Hye-Won CHOI, Thierry DECLERCK, Rudolfo DELMONTE, Martin FORST, Anette FRANK, Björn GAMBÄCK, Alexander HORNUNG, Florian JAEGER, Valia KORDONI, Jonas KUHN, Lori LEVIN, Roger LEVY, Joan MALING, Bjarne OERSNES, Andrei PREOBRAZHENSKY, Cuthbert Ramos, Veit REUER
• Germanic--Cynthia ALLEN, Helge LODRUP, Jan STRUNK, Annie ZAENEN
• Gikuyu--John MUGANE
• Greek--Valia KORDONI, Stella MARKANTONATOU
  
  
• Hakka--Yu-Ching TSENG, Karene WONG
• Hebrew--Yehuda FALK, Ilona SPECTOR
• Hindi--Hanjung LEE, Roger LEVY, Tara Warrier MOHANAN, Rajar Kumar MOHANTY, Ryo OTOGURO
• Hungarian--Erika Z. CHISARIK, Tibor LACZKO, Gyorgy RAKOSI, Andrew SPENCER
  
  
• Icelandic--Joan MALING
• Inari Sami--Ida TOIVONEN
• Indian languages-- Nisheeth JOSHI, Iti MATHUR
• Indonesian--I Wayan Arka, Simon MUSGRAVE
• Indonesian (eastern) languages--I Wayan Arka
• Inuit--Christopher MANNING
• Indo-Aryan--Mary DALRYMPLE
• Italian--Julia BARRON, Rudolfo DELMONTE, Lori LEVIN, Lunella MEREU, Christoph SCHWARZE, Sanja SELJAN, Nigel VINCENT
  
  
• Japanese--Julia BARRON, Hye-Won CHOI, Björn GAMBÄCK, Marie Fellbaum KORPI, Lori LEVIN, Roger LEVY, Christopher MANNING, Yo MATSUMOTO, Masako OHARA, Ryo OTOGURO, Masanori OYA, Peter SELLS, Kenji YOKOTA
  
  
• Kannada--P. UMARANI
• Kaqchikel Maya--George Aaron BROADWELL
• Kartvelian--Thomas WIER
• Kashmiri--P. UMARANI
• Kimaragang Dusun--Paul KROEGER
• Kinaray-a--Julia BERND
• Korean--Hye-Won CHOI, Ki-Sun HONG, Sombat KHRUATHONG, Hanjung LEE, Lori LEVIN, Joan MALING, Peter SELLS
• Kurdish--Jan STRUNK
  
  
• Latin--Nigel VINCENT
  
  
• Malay--Paul KROEGER
• Malayalam--KP MOHANAN, Tara Warrier MOHANAN
• Mandarin Chinese--Chu-Ren HUANG, Roger LEVY, Yu-Ching TSENG
• Manggarai--I Wayan Arka
• Mapudungun--Lori LEVIN
• Mayan--Stuart ROBISON
• Meskwaki--Amy DAHLSTROM, Thomas WIER
• Middle English--Cynthia ALLEN
• Modern Greek--Valia KORDONI
  
  
• Native American--George Aaron BROADWELL
• Ndebele--Alec PONGWENI
• Nigerian Pidgin--Presley IFUKOR
• Northern Italian dialects--Lunella MEREU
• Northern Sotho (Sepedi)--Gertrud FAAß
• Norwegian--Adams BODOMO, Koenraad DE SMEDT, Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK, Helge LODRUP, Victoria ROSÉN
  
  
• Old English--Cynthia ALLEN, Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK
• Old Norse--Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK
• Oriya--Rajar Kumar MOHANTY, P. UMARANI
  
  
• Papuan languages--Cathryn DONOHUE, Stuart ROBISON
• Pennsylvania German--Kersti -- --BÖRJARS
• Polish--Anna KIBORT
• Portuguese--Leonel Figueiredo de ALENCAR, Ana LUIS, Zenaide Alves MARTINS, Sozinho Francisco MATSINHE, Ricardo SAITO, Aline VILLAVICENCIO
• Brazilian Portuguese--Leonel Figueiredo de ALENCAR, Aline VILLAVICENCIO
  
  
• Romance--Luis CASILLAS, Cathryn DONOHUE, Paul HIRSCHBÜHLER, Ana LUIS, Christopher MANNING, Christoph SCHWARZE, Ilona SPECTOR
• Rongga--I Wayan Arka
• Rotokas--Stuart ROBISON
• Russian--Julia BERND, Tracy Holloway KING, Roger LEVY, Andrei PREOBRAZHENSKY, Ilona SPECTOR, Andrew SPENCER
  
  
• Sasak--Peter AUSTIN, Simon MUSGRAVE
• Scandinavian--Kersti BÖRJARS, Helge LODRUP
• Semitic languages--Ilona SPECTOR
• Serbo-Croatian--Rob O'CONNOR
• Shona--Ernest JAKAZA, Alec PONGWENI
• Slavic--Anna KIBORT, Tracy Holloway KING, Andrew SPENCER
• Somali--Lunella MEREU
• South Asian--Miriam BUTT
• Spanish--Gabriel AMORES, Grzegorz CHRUPALA, Thierry DECLERCK, Bruno ESTIGARRIBIA, Martin FORST, Alexander HORNUNG, Carmen KELLING, Marie Fellbaum KORPI, Jorge Antonio LEONI de León, Lori LEVIN, Elisabeth MAYER, Ruth O'DONOVAN, Jose QUESADA, Stuart ROBISON
• Swahili--Sam MCHOMBO, John MUGANE, Cuthbert Ramos,
• Swedish--Maia ANDRÉASSON, Björn GAMBÄCK, Dianyu LI, Ida TOIVONEN
  
  
• Tagalog--Tiffany Zenith IVINS, Paul KROEGER
• Takelma--Christopher CULY
• Tamil--Maraimalai ILAKKUVANAR, P. UMARANI
• Telugu--P. UMARANI
• Thai--Sombat KHRUATHONG
• Timucua--George Aaron BROADWELL
• Tok Pisin--Stuart ROBISON
• Tulehu/Tial/Tenga-tenga/Waai--Simon MUSGRAVE
• Turkish--Kemal OFLAZER, Emrah OZCAN
• Twi--Adams BODOMO
• Tzeltal--Stuart ROBISON
• Tzotzil--Stuart ROBISON
  
  
• Ukwuani--Presley IFUKOR
• Uralic--Farrell ACKERMAN
• Urdu--Miriam BUTT, Tracy Holloway KING, Syed Muhammad Jafar RIZVI
  
  
• Vietnamese--Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK, Sombat KHRUATHONG, NGUYEN Tuan Dang, Victoria ROSÉN, Tuyet Dao VAN
  
  
• Warlpiri--Jane SIMPSON
• Wambaya--Rachel NORDLINGER
• Warumungu--Jane SIMPSON
• Welsh--Louisa SADLER
• Western Armenian--Farrell ACKERMAN
  
  
• Xitsonga--Sozinho Francisco MATSINHE
  
  
• Yoruba--Presley IFUKOR
  
  
• Zapotec--George Aaron BROADWELL