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Carte du monde vue de nuit avec les continents éclairés

DECRIPT launch day

Inalco - Pôle des langues et civilisations (65 rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris)

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Not to be missed

Publication of the research booklet

A booklet to showcase research at Inalco

DECRIPT launch day on June 25

Dispositif d'Étude des Crises et des Récits Civilisationnels par la Pluridisciplinarité et les Terrains

Assessment of the first Research Conferences

Check out the results of Inalco's first Assises de la recherche, held from January 22 to 24, 2025 at the Maison de la recherche.

SD&RSE Master Plan

Consult the Sustainable Development and Social and Environmental Responsibility Master Plan booklet

Carte du monde vue de nuit avec les continents éclairés

DECRIPT research program

"Dispositif d'Étude des Crises et des Récits cIvilisationnels par la Pluridisciplinarité et les Terrains", winner of AMI-SHS 2024

Un groupe de personnes portent dans leurs mains des bulles de paroles de couleurs et formes différentes

EUniWell

Since the end of 2023, Inalco has been a member of EUniWell, a European academic alliance dedicated to promoting societal "well-being."

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Discover the languages taught at Inalco

Interactive map - The geographical areas and languages of these areas can be consulted by clicking

amharic berber comorian hausa malagasy manding fula soninke swahili wolof yoruba
burmese bislama cebuano cham drehu filipino ilocano indonesian - malaysian khmer lao mon siamese tahitian tai lu vietnamese
oceanic languages
algerian arabic literal arabic literal arabic literal arabic moroccan arabic syro-lebanese arabic tunisian arabic egyptian arabic hassaniya suret
cantonese chinese taiwanese
korean
modern hebrew judeo-arabic judeo-spanish judeo-spanish yiddish
bengali hindi nepali urdu romani sinhalese tamil tibetan telugu
japanese
russian
armenian azeri georgian kurdish mongolian ossetian uzbek uyghur pashto persian qazaq tatar turkish
albanian bosnian croatian serbian bulgarian belarusian estonian finnish modern greek hungarian latvian lithuanian macedonian udmurt polish romanian slovak slovenian sorbian czech ukrainian
guarani inuktitut maya nahuatl quechua

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