The Language Archive
Also known as TLA
The Language Archive at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen provides a unique record of how people around the world use language in everyday life. It focuses on collecting spoken and signed language materials in audio and video form along with transcriptions, analyses, annotations and other types of relevant material (e.g. photos, accompanying notes).
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
Registration required Restricted (registration)
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/ |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Humanities · Linguistics · Non-European Languages and Cultures, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies · Typology, Non-European Languages, Historical Linguistics · Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology/Folklore |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |