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February 1 - Open Day

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Not to be missed

Inalco Research Conference

Attend the first Inalco Research Conference from January 22 to 24, 2025

Open Day 2025

Inalco opens its doors on Saturday, February 1

Information and orientation day

Inalco is organizing its Information and orientation day on February 1, to introduce its L1 and L3 students to the range of career options available, from L2 to Master's!

Travel assistance

Apply for summer 2025 before February 14

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Make a donation to the Inalco Foundation

Take action today: make a donation to the Inalco Foundation to preserve languages, support innovation and pass on a priceless cultural heritage!

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Les Presses de l'Inalco

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Discover the languages taught at Inalco

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amharic berber comorian hausa malagasy manding fula soninke swahili wolof yoruba
bengali hindi nepali urdu romani sinhalese tamil tibetan telugu
burmese bislama cebuano cham drehu filipino ilocano indonesian - malaysian khmer lao mon siamese tahitian tai lu vietnamese
oceanic languages
algerian arabic literal arabic literal arabic literal arabic moroccan arabic syro-lebanese arabic tunisian arabic egyptian arabic hassaniya suret
cantonese chinese taiwanese
korean
modern hebrew judeo-arabic judeo-spanish yiddish
japanese
russian
armenian azeri georgian kurdish mongolian ossetian uzbek uyghur pashto persian qazaq tatar turkish
albanian bosnian croatian serbian bulgarian belarusian estonian finnish modern greek hungarian latvian lithuanian macedonian udmurt polish romanian slovak slovenian sorbian czech ukrainian
guarani inuktitut maya nahuatl quechua

All languages