Center for Language Technology (CeLT)

IU is ranked among the top 10 most innovative colleges for foreign language study in the United States, Indiana University offers:

• 70+ languages taught annually, including many that aren't offered anywhere else at US Universities
• 3 national Flagship language programs: Chinese (Mandarin), Swahili, Turkish
• 3 National Language Resource Centers: Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR), the National African Language Resource Center (NALRC), and the Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC).
• Summer Language Workshops (SWSEEL)

• Currently taught Languages
  
  

  Total Languages =	53
  Akan/Twi	American Sign Language (ASL)
  Arabic	Bamana
  Bengali	Catalan
  Chinese	Czech
  Dutch	English
  English (ESL)	Estonian
  Finnish	French
  German	Greek (Modern)
  Greek (Classical)	Haitian Creole
  Hebrew	Hindi
  Hungarian	Indonesian
  Italian	Japanese
  Kazakh	Korean
  Kurdish	Kyrgyz
  Lakota	Latin
  Maya (Yucatec)	Mongolian
  Norwegian	Persian
  Polish	Portuguese
  Quechua	Romanian
  Russian	Sanskrit
  Serbian/ Croatian/ Bosnian	Spanish
  Swahili (Kiswahili)	Tibetan
  Turkish	Ukrainian
  Urdu	Uyghur
  Uzbek	Uzbek
  Yiddish	Yoruba
  Zulu

• Previously Taught Languages
  
  

  Total Languages =	78
  Afrikaans	Albanian
  Amharic	Avestan
  Azerbaijan	Bamileke
  Bashkir	Breton
  Bulgarian	Buriat
  Burmese	Cantonese
  Cape Verdean Creole	Chichewa
  Chuvash	Danish
  Dari	Dyula
  Efik	Esperanto
  Evenki	Ewe
  Fulfulde	Georgian
  Gujarati	Hausa
  Hindi	Igbo
  Ijo	Irish
  Kalasha-Ala	Kalmyk
  Kinyarwanda	Kirundi
  Kituba	Krio
  Kui	Laap (Saami)
  Lingala	Lithuanian
  Lonkundo	Luganda
  Macedonian	Malay
  Mari	Mende
  Mordovin	Nahuatl
  Navajo	Ndonga
  Ostyak	Pashto
  Papago	Pidgin
  Samoyed	Sara
  Sesotho	Setswana
  Shona	Siswati
  Slovak	Slovene
  Somali	St. Lucia Creole
  Susu	Swedish
  Tagalog	Tajik
  Tamil	Tatar
  Temne	Thai
  Turkmen	Vietnamese
  Votyak	Welsh
  Yakut	Zapotec
  Zyrian

• Area Studies Centers & Programs
  

  African Studies Program

  

  National African Language Resource Center (NALRC)

  

  American Indian Studies Research Insitute (AISRI)

  

  Asian-American Studies (AAS)

  

  Center for the Study of Global Change

  

  Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS)

  

  Institute for European Studies (EURO)

  

  European Union Center

  

  Dhar India Studies Program

  

  Institute of German Studies

  

  Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC)

  

  International Studies

  

  Islamic Studies Program

  

  Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)

  

  Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

  

  Indiana University Creole Institute

  

  Borns Jewish Studies Program

  

  Near Eastern Languages & Cultures (NELC)

  

  Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME)

  

  Russian & East European Institute (REEI)

  

  Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS)

  

  SWSEEL: The Summer Language Workshop

  Flagships

  

  Chinese Flagship Center

  

  Swahili Flagship Center

  

  Turkish Flagship Center
• Language Tables

  Language Tables

  CeLT in partnership with the language departments, the School of Global and International Studies, as well as the College of Arts & Sciences host language tables and conversation hours for nearly 30 languages regularly.

  • Language Table Calendar
  • Language Table Hours

    Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS)

    
    

    

    Uzbek Coffee & Conversation Hour
    MONDAYS, 12:15-1:15 pm, Ballantine Hall 106
    Contact: Gulnoza Yusupova

    

    Persian Coffee & Conversation Hour
    TUESDAYS, 12:15-1:15 pm, Ballantine Hall 106
    Contact: Shahyar Daneshgar

    

    Kyrgyz Coffee & Conversation Hour
    TUESDAYS, 2:15-3:15 pm, Ballantine Hall 106
    Contact: Aigul Sakieva

    

    Mongolian Coffee & Conversation Hour
    TUESDAYS, 4:00-5:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 121
    Contact: Tserenchunt Legden

    

    Hungarian Coffee & Conversation Hour
    TUESDAYS, 5:30-6:30 pm, Pourhouse Cafe (314 E. Kirkwood Avenue)
    Contact: Valeria Varga

    

    Finnish Coffee & Conversation Hour
    WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-6:30 pm, IMU Starbucks
    (Not held if date coincides with monthly Finnish film night)
    Contact: Elisa Repo

    

    Kazakh Coffee & Conversation Hour
    WEDNESDAYS, 12:15-1:15 pm, Ballantine Hall 106
    Contact: Madina Satybaldinova

    

    Estonian Coffee & Conversation Hour
    WEDNESDAYS, 7:00- 8:00 pm, IMU Starbucks
    Contact: Piibi-Kai Kivik

    

    Tibetan Tea & Conversation Hour
    THURSDAYS, 6:00-7:00 pm, Anyetsang's Little Tibet Restaurant (415 E. 4th Street)
    Contact: Gedun Rabsal

    

    Turkish Coffee & Conversation Hour
    FRIDAYS, 1:00-2:00 pm, IMU Starbucks
    Contact: Keely Bakken

    

    Uyghur Conversation Hour
    FRIDAYS, 3:45-4:45 pm, Ballantine Hall 106
    Contact: Gulnisa Nazarova

    Russian & East European Institute

    
    

    

    Polish Table
    THURSDAYS, 5:30-6:30 pm, Runcible Spoon (412 E. 6th Street)

    

    Romanian Conversation Hour
    THURSDAYS, 7:00 pm, Runcible Spoon (412 E. 6th Street)

    

    Russian Table
    FRIDAYS, 5:00-7:00 pm, Bear’s Place (Corner of 3rd and Jordan, next to TIS)

    

    Ukrainian Table
    FRIDAYS, 5:00-7:00 pm, Runcible Spoon (412 E. 6th St.)

    

    Bosnian/ Croatian/ Serbian Table
    FRIDAYS, 7:00 pm, Soma Coffeehouse (322 E. Kirkwood Avenue)

    Dhar India Studies

    
    

    

    Bengali Language Table
    MONDAYS, 1:00-2:00 pm, Dhar India Studies House (516 N. Fess Avenue)

    

    Tamil Language Table
    TUESDAYS, 1:00-2:00 pm, Dhar India Studies House (516 N. Fess Avenue)

    

    Hindi/ Urdu Table
    FRIDAYS, 1:00-2:00 pm, Dhar India Studies House (516 N. Fess Avenue)

    African Studies Program

    
    

    

    Swahili Conversation Hours
    TUESDAYS, 10:00-1:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 121
    THURSDAYS, 2:00-4:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 121
    FRIDAYS, 10:00-12:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 121

    Institute for European Studies

    
    

    

    French Conversation Table
    MONDAY Nov. 10 & MONDAY Dec. 1, 6:00-7:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 004

    

    Spanish Conversation Hour: Cafe Hispano
    MONDAY Nov. 10 & MONDAY Dec. 1, 6:00-7:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 004
    Contact: Victor Rodríguez-Pereira

    

    Pan-Scandinavian Conversation Hour "Kafeepause"
    First TUESDAYS, 7:00-8:00 pm, IMU Starbucks
    Contact: Gergana May

    

    German Conversation Hour: Kaffeestunde
    WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-5:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 643

    

    Modern Greek Conversation Hour: Ellinikon Kaneion
    TBA
    Contact: Frank Hess

    

    Portuguese Conversation Hour: Cafezinho
    FRIDAYS, 2:00-3:00 pm, IMU Starbucks
    Contact: Joseph Dominic Pecorelli

    East Asian Languages & Cultures

    
    

    

    Chinese Conversation Club
    MONDAYS, 5:00-6:00 pm, Read Residence Hall-Landes Lounge

    

    Japanese Conversation Club
    THURSDAYS, 5:30-7:00 pm, Read Residence Hall-Curry Conference Room

    

    Korean Conversation Club
    WEDNESDAYS, 5:30-7:00 pm, Read Residence Hall-Landes Lounge