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
• Abaza--Brian O'HERIN
• Algonquiam--Amy DAHLSTROM, Thomas WIER
• Appalachian English--Michael PUTNAM
• Arabic--Muhammad ALZAIDI, Mohammed ATTIA, Lori LEVIN, Seddik SIDRINE
• Arabic Dialects--Muhammad ALZAIDI
• Armenian--Farrell ACKERMAN
• Australian Aboriginal--Peter AUSTIN, Joan BRESNAN, Rachel NORDLINGER
• Australian English--Tania E. STRAHAN
• Austronesian--Mary DALRYMPLE, Paul KROEGER, Simon MUSGRAVE
  
  
• Balinese--I Wayan Arka
• Balochi--Lakhan GUSAIN
• 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
• Bosnian (see also Croatian and Serbian)--Lejla CEHIC
• Bribri--Jorge Antonio LEONI de León
• Bulgarian--Florian JAEGER, Tracy Holloway KING
  
  
• Cantonese--Adams BODOMO
• Catalan--Alex ALSINA
• Caucasian--Brian O'HERIN
• 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 (see also Bosnian and Serbian)--Lejla CEHIC, 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, Lejla CEHIC, Erika Z. CHISARIK, Grzegorz CHRUPALA, Yvan CLOUTIER, Rob O'CONNOR, Richard CROUCH, Thierry DECLERCK, Rudolfo DELMONTE, Massimiliano DEMATA, Adam J. DEXTER, Bruno DI BIASE, Bruno ESTIGARRIBIA, Gertrud FAAß, 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
  
  
• Faroese--Tania E. STRAHAN
• Farsi--Ash ASUDEH
• Finnish--Lauri KARTTUNEN, Joan MALING, Ida TOIVONEN
• Fox (Meskwaki)--Amy DAHLSTROM
• French--Adams BODOMO, Lionel CLÉMENT, Yvan CLOUTIER, Adam J. DEXTER, 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, Gertrud FAAß, 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, Andréa Feitosa dos SANTOS
• Germanic--Cynthia ALLEN, Helge LODRUP, Michael PUTNAM, Jan STRUNK, Annie ZAENEN
• Gikuyu--John MUGANE
• Greek--Valia KORDONI, Stella MARKANTONATOU
• Gujarati--Lakhan GUSAIN
  
  
• Hakka--Yu-Ching TSENG, Karene WONG
• Haryanavi--Lakhan GUSAIN
• Hebrew--Yehuda FALK, Ilona SPECTOR
• Hindi--Lakhan GUSAIN, Hanjung LEE, Roger LEVY, Tara Warrier MOHANAN, Rajar Kumar MOHANTY, Ryo OTOGURO, Sebastian SULGER
• Hungarian--Erika Z. CHISARIK, Tibor LACZKO, Gyorgy RAKOSI, Andrew SPENCER
  
  
• Icelandic--Joan MALING, Tania E. STRAHAN
• 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
• Irish--Sebastian SULGER
• Italian--Julia BARRON, Rudolfo DELMONTE, Massimiliano DEMATA, Bruno DI BIASE, Lori LEVIN, Lunella MEREU, Christoph SCHWARZE, Sanja SELJAN, Nigel VINCENT
  
  
• Japanese--Julia BARRON, Hye-Won CHOI, Bruno DI BIASE, 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--Adam J. DEXTER, 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
• Nguni--Gertrud FAAß
• 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, Tania E. STRAHAN
  
  
• Old English--Cynthia ALLEN, Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK
• Old French--Adam J. DEXTER
• Old Norse--Helge J. Jakhelln DYVIK
• Oriya--Rajar Kumar MOHANTY, P. UMARANI
  
  
• Papuan languages--Cathryn DONOHUE, Stuart ROBISON
• Pashto--Lakhan GUSAIN
• 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, Andréa Feitosa dos SANTOS, Aline VILLAVICENCIO
• Punjabi--Lakhan GUSAIN
  
  
• Rajasthani--Lakhan GUSAIN
• Romance--Luis CASILLAS, 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
• Serbian (see also Bosnian and Croatian)--Lejla CEHIC, Rob O'CONNOR
• Setswana (Tswana)--Ansu BERG, Rigardt PRETORIUS
• Shona--Ernest JAKAZA, Alec PONGWENI
• Sindhi--Lakhan GUSAIN
• Slavic--Anna KIBORT, Tracy Holloway KING, Andrew SPENCER
• Somali--Lunella MEREU
• South Asian--Miriam BUTT
• Spanish--Gabriel AMORES, Grzegorz CHRUPALA, Thierry DECLERCK, Bruno DI BIASE, 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, Lakhan GUSAIN, Tracy Holloway KING, Syed Muhammad Jafar RIZVI, Sebastian SULGER
  
  
• 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