Advances in Northeast Indian Languages and Technologies
Volume 1: Digital Futures for Indigenous Languages: Culture, Technology, and Preservation
As Northeast India’s indigenous languages face unprecedented challenges in the digital age, this inaugural volume examines how technology can serve as a tool for preservation, revitalization, and community empowerment.
Bringing together scholars, technologists, and community practitioners, this collection explores digital archiving, language apps, online learning platforms, and AI-driven documentation methods. From Khasi to Garo, Mizo to Manipuri, the volume showcases innovative approaches to keeping these languages vital in contemporary contexts while honoring traditional knowledge systems and cultural practices.
Submission Deadline: February 10, 2026
ISBN: 978-81-997217-4-6
Open Access | CC BY 4.0
Scope & Themes
This volume welcomes contributions that explore the intersection of technology and indigenous language preservation across Northeast India’s 220+ languages. We are particularly interested in work that centers community voices, addresses practical challenges, and demonstrates real-world impact.
Topics of Interest Include
- Digital Documentation & Archiving: Community-led recording projects, oral history digitization, endangered language documentation
- Language Technology Development: NLP tools, speech recognition, machine translation, text-to-speech systems for low-resource languages
- Educational Applications: Mobile apps, e-learning platforms, gamified language learning, digital literacy programs
- Social Media & Digital Spaces: Online language communities, Unicode implementation, keyboard development, digital writing systems
- AI & Machine Learning: Dataset creation, model training, ethical considerations, community participation in AI development
- Cultural Preservation: Digital storytelling, multimedia archives, traditional knowledge databases, intergenerational transmission
- Policy & Infrastructure: Digital language rights, government initiatives, funding models, sustainability strategies
- Case Studies: Successful revitalization projects, community-technology partnerships, lessons learned from implementation
How to Submit
Send your chapter submission or abstract to:
Include in your email:
- Your full name and institutional affiliation (if any)
- Chapter title
- 150-word abstract
- Attached manuscript (.docx or .odt)
- Brief author bio (50-100 words)
Submission Guidelines
Chapter Format
Chapter Format
- Length: 4,000-7,000 words (including references)
- Format: Academic chapter with abstract, introduction, methodology (if applicable), findings/discussion, conclusion, references
- Style: APA 7th edition or Unified Style Sheet for Linguistics
- Language: English (with examples in indigenous languages as needed)
- File Type: .docx or .odt
Abstract Submission
If you’d like early feedback on your idea, submit a 300-500 word abstract by January 20, 2026. We’ll provide guidance on fit and scope within 2 weeks.
Full Chapter Deadline
February 10, 2026 – All complete chapters must be submitted by this date.
Review Process
Volume 1: Digital Futures for Indigenous Languages: Culture, Technology, and Preservation
All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by experts in linguistics, language technology, and/or community language work. Authors will receive feedback within 4 weeks of submission.
Accepted chapters may require minor revisions before final publication. See our Review Process page for full details.
Why Publish With Us
- Open Access: Your work reaches communities, educators, and researchers worldwide-no paywalls
- No Author Fees: Zero article processing charges (APCs). We believe knowledge should be freely shared
- Community Impact: Direct connection to language communities and practitioners across Northeast India
- Rigorous Standards: Double-blind peer review ensures quality scholarship
- Regional Focus: An academic publisher dedicated exclusively to Northeast Indian languages
- Visibility: Indexed and discoverable through academic databases and search engines