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The Proceedings of the 26th WAIL are now available!
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time
Sessions A will take place at McCune Conference Room (HSSB 6020)
Sessions B will take place at HSSB 4080
Free registration
You can download the program here (updated) / Descargue el programa aquí (actualizado)
You can download the book of abstracts here / Descargue el libro de resúmenes aquí
Day 1
May 1, 2026
May 1, 2026
Conference Registration and Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 AM (McCune Conference Room - HSSB 6020)
9:00 - 9:30
Intro & chumash blessings
Julie Tumamait (Chumash community member & leader)
Intro & chumash blessings
Julie Tumamait (Chumash community member & leader)
(McCune Conference Room - HSSB 6020)
(McCune Conference Room - HSSB 6020)
Attendees asked to take their seats
Session A1 (HSSB 6020)
Mixtec Languages
Chair: Eric W. Campbell
9:30 - 11:00 AM
9:30-10:00
9:30-10:00
Are there serial verbs in Mixtec?
DeAndre A. Espree-Conaway
(Leiden University - Bloomfield Language Institute)
10:00-10:30
Movement Verbs in Western
Juxtlahuaca Mixtec
James Nathan Martin (Independent
Researcher)
10:30-11:00
He – God – Liquid: Stance-driven
variation in choice of pronoun in
Sà'án Sàvı ̌ ñà ñuù Xnúvíkó
(Mixtepec Mixtec)
Guillem Belmar Viernes (University
of Oregon)
Session B1 (HSSB 4080)
Semantics, Translation & Language Contact
Chair: Jaime Pérez González
9:30 - 10:30 AM
9:30-10:00
A formal Semantic Account of TAM features in Kwevpepaya Yavapai
Ellie Brooks (Arizona State University)
10:00-10:30
Translation Technique Variations Addressing Culture-bound Terms: Case Studies in Nahuatl
Valerio Rodrigo Velasco Rodríguez (Universidad de las Lenguas Indígenas de México)
Break: 11:00 - 11:15
Session A2 (HSSB 6020)
Zapotec Languages
Chair: CJ Young
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
11:15-11:45
More on Constructions with the Genitive Preposition che 'of' in San Cristóbal Lachirioag Zapotec
Michael Galant (California State University Dominguez Hills)
11:45-12:15
Predicative Possession in Macuiltianguis Zapotec
John Foreman, Paula Margarita Foreman, Hannah Gutierrez, Delaney Dwyer, Raul Ortiz-Vera, Aziz Quenun, Rebeca Salinas (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
12:15-12:45
Tone and Vowel Phonation as Markers of Semantic Extension in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec
Stephanie Morales Curiel (University of Oregon)
Session B2 (HSSB 4080)
Phonetics & Phonology
Chair: Matthew Gordon
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
11:15-11:45
Apócope y procesos de lenición en habla rápida: evidencia del mixteco de Yucuquimi de Ocampo
Selina Mendoza Martinez (CIESAS)
11:45-12:15
Production and perception of consonant glottalization in Pit River by learners: A case study of phonological acquisition during language revitalization
Connor Yiamkis, Georgia Zellou, Lewis Lawyer, Bruce Nevin (University of California, Davis)
12:15-12:45
An Acoustic Analysis of the Nawat Vowel System
Hugo Salgado, Rivers Ludvicek (Iowa State University)
Break for Lunch 12:45 - 2:15
Joint Session (HSSB 6020)
Language Documentation & Archiving
Chair: Jaime Pérez González
2:30 PM- 4:00 PM
2:30-3:00
An initial survey on American Indigenous language materials in German archives
Cid Swanenvleugel, Martin Kohlberger (University of Saskatchewan), Rita Eloranta (Hanken School of Economics)
3:00-3:30
Recovering Place Names from the Archive: A Coast Yurok Case Study
Madeleine Strait (University of California, Berkeley)
3:30-4:00
Investigación documental para la revitalización de lenguas durmientes: reconstrucción gramatical y lexicográfica del lenca-potón y el cacaopera (ulúa), lenguas del oriente de El Salvador.
Gary Quintanilla Ordóñez (Departamento de Pueblos Indígenas, MINED El Salvador)
Break: 4:00 - 4:15
Joint Session
Language Work & Revitalization
Chair: Guillem Belmar Viernes
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM (HSSB 6020)
4:15-4:45
Revitalizing Northern Pomo numbers
Tyler Lee-Wynant (University of California, Berkeley)
4:45-5:15
Ortografías en Lenguas Aborígenes: Reclaiming Voice Through Language Work
Ana Aguilar, Talia Aguilar, Pedro Matias, Yesenia Perez, Jocelyn Vasquez, Cormac League, Chun-Jan Young, Eric W. Campbell (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Break: 5:15 - 5:30
Keynote Address (HSSB 6020)
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Beyond the recording of vocabularies and phrasal expressions: Mam and K’iche’ cases
Telma Can Pixabaj (CIMSUR-UNAM)
Chair: Lina Hou
7:15-9:00
DINNER
Day 2
May 2, 2026
May 2, 2026
Pre-Conference Breakfast & Socializing: 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (McCune Conference Room - HSSB 6020)
Session A3 (HSSB 6020)
Morphosyntax
Chair: Montreal Benesch
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30-10:00
El morfema -ka en el Purépecha de La Cañada: Marca de modo indicativo dependiente
Maythe Silverio Saucedo (CIESAS)
10:00-10:30
Non-canonical Personal Pronouns in Southeastern Yavapai
William Hartt (Arizona State University)
10:30-11:00
Morfosintaxis, Léxico e Implicaturas Escalares en Niños hablantes de Kichwa en Imbabura
Santiago Gualapuro (Southern Illinois University), Janeth Otavalo (Universidad Politecnica Salesiana), John Grinstead (Ohio State University)
Session B3 (HSSB 4020)
Language & Technology
Chair: Cooper Bedin
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30-10:00
Increasing Community Accessibility and Learning during Linguistic Experimentation
Sydney Ludlow and Jefferson Andi (University of Hawai'i)
10:00-10:30
A System Demonstration of Language Documentation Toolkit, a Publicly Available Python Package for Speeding up Language Documentation Tasks
Justin Mackie (Arizona State University)
10:30-11:00 (cancelled)
Bilingual Parsers for Low Resource Languages
Olga Kellert (Arizona State University)
Break: 11:00-11:15
Session A4 (HSSB 6020)
Na-Dene Languages
Chair: Marianne Mithun
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
11:15-11:45
Nurturing Revitalization: A Verb-Based Online Curriculum for Sustaining Diné Bizaad
Savannah Rivas, Isiah Cambridge, Lorraine Manavi, and Melvatha R. Chee (University of New Mexico)
11:45-12:15
A feature-rich online dictionary of Tłı̨chǫ yatıı̀
Danielle Dacanay (Tłı̨chǫ Government, Behchokǫ̀, NWT, Canada)
12:15-12:45
Grasping Polysynthesis: Na-Dene Periphrastic TAM in Language Instruction
Seth Wyatt, Isiah Cambridge, Ryan Coughlin, Lorraine Manavi(University of New Mexico), and Cormac League (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Session B4 (HSSB 4020)
Ideologies & Social Justice
Chair: Yanira Donaire
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
11:15-11:45
Multilingualism in Mexican Indigenous languages in rural agricultural northwest Oregon
Carlos Enrique Ibarra (University of New Mexico)
11:45-12:15
“Valoramos nuestra lengua, pero usamos el español”: La ambivalencia en las ideologías lingüísticas de madres indígenas en la CDMX
Jaime Inocencio Chi Pech (CIESAS, CDMX)
12:15-12:45
El habla natural en el contacto lingüístico en la lengua Ngigua, variante de San Marcos Tlacoyalco, Municipio de Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, Puebla
Paulina Sánchez Carrera (CIESAS)
Break for Lunch: 12:45-2:00
Session A5 (HSSB 6020)
Language Pedagogy
Chair: Muriel Ammon
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
2:00-2:30
Um livro de ensino para uma língua indígena adormecida: relato de experiência com a língua Wayoro (família Tupi, Brasil)
Antônia Fernanda de Souza Nogueira (Universidade Federal do Pará/UC Irvine), Elizandra Jéssica Silva Oliveira (Bolsista de Iniciação Científica da UFPA), Sannlis Pinheiro (Bolsista de Iniciação Científica do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi), Maria Ajuru, Jaqueline Wajuru, Antônio Neto Wajuru (Pesquisadora Indígena)
2:30-3:00
El juego de la lotería, una herramienta para preservar y enseñar la cultura, el vocabulario y los elementos naturales en jóvenes del nivel medio superior de la comunidad de San Juan Monte Flor, Tamazola, Oaxaca
Hugo Enoc Vásquez Benítez (Telebachillerato Comunitario No. 89 San Juan Monte Flor, Tamazola, Oaxaca)
3:00-3:30
Second Language Learning Methods for the Lakota Language
Claudia Iron Hawk (University of California, Berkeley)
Session B5 (HSSB 4020)
Typology
Chair: Cormac League
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
2:00-2:30
Cocopa -ṣː grammaticalized subjectification and backgroundedness
Peregrine Wyvill, Shahar Shirtz (Arizona State University)
2:30-3:00
A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Torá Clausal Morphosyntax from Nimuendajú’s Legacy Materials
Akasha Khalsa (University of New Mexico)
3:00-3:30
Typological variation in the encoding of agent-oriented modality in the languages of North America
Jessica K. Ivani (University of California, Santa Barbara), Alexandra Nogina (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Taras Zakharko (University of Zurich)
Break: 3:30-3:45
Session A6 (HSSB 6020)
Language Activism
Chair: Tzintia Montaño Ramírez
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
3:45-4:15
Activismo lingüístico digital para la revitalización del kichwa: experiencias del
colectivo “Riksishun, Con Más Fuerza”
Janeth Otavalo (Riksichishun con más Fuerza
4:15-4:45
Hupa language revitalization
Muriel Ammon (University of California, Santa Barbara)
4:45-5:15
Reportatives and Quotatives in K’iche’ (Mayan)
Joshua Lieberstein (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Session B6 (HSSB 4020)
Syntax & Discourse
Chair: DeAndre A. Spree-Conaway
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
3:45-4:15
Voice and valency-changing operations in Paraguayan Guaraní
Celeste Escobar, Tshering Y. Dorji (The City University of New York)
4:15-4:45
Influential constituent order factors in Western Sierra Puebla Nahuatl
Daniel Morales (University of Michigan)
Closing remarks: 5:15 - (HSSB 6020)
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