Project Minoritized Languages Program Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship Program Term Spring 2025 Status Accepted Research Area Linguistics Description This project prepares material from minoritized languages across the world for developing a module for LING 321. The point of the module is to explore the conditions that minoritize a language and to appreciate the linguistic complexities of such languages. Furthermore, the student will analyze the language data (obtained through Duolingo) to develop and strengthen analytical skills related to the linguistic tools used in LING 321 to analyze languages as a product of the human brain's Faculty of Languages. Supervisor Elena E Benedicto Mentor Type of work required Systematize the language data, prepare language data using the three lines (transcription, gloss and translation) commonly used in Linguistics, and transfer to excel documents to code according to linguistic properties Websites https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/sis/p/iell/index.html Qualifications LING 201 and LING 321 Credit Hours 2 Weekly Hours 6 (estimated)