The SSERL Archive

preserves materials related to endangered and rare languages,
including manuscripts, field notes, and partial translations of uncertain provenance.

The artwork used on this site was found alongside documents written in the Cartineris Federal Language, discovered in Melbourne in 2017, and is believed to be the work of Michele Coquelleno.


Collection / Holdings

A catalog of manuscripts, fragmentary texts, field notes, and visual materials preserved by the SSERL Archive, including both translated and untranslated items of uncertain provenance.


About SSERL

An overview of the Society for the Study of Endangered and Rare Languages (SSERL), its origins, research focus, and its approach to the preservation and interpretation of fragile linguistic materials.


Notice / Disclaimer

Information regarding the archival status of materials presented on this site, including limitations of verification, attribution, and interpretation, as well as the non-commercial and research-oriented nature of the project.

Lingua servata, vita recordata.

To preserve a language is to remember a life.