Languages and cultures of the Americas

Languages taught
Inalco's plurilingual Languages and Cultures of the Americas section is the only place in the world to offer multi-year, degree-granting university courses in three major indigenous languages of the American continent: inuktitut (Nunavik and Nunavut, in Canada's eastern Arctic), maya (southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize) and quechua (Andean regions from southern Colombia to northwestern Argentina, via Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia). The section also offers lessons in guarani (Paraguay) and nahuatl (central Mexico).
Today, all these languages enjoy official status in the countries or regions where they are spoken, as well as a growing presence in written production, the media and education systems. More recently, they have been entering new fields of communication. In addition to being essential to the development of new and original research in the fields of linguistics, history and ethnology, the study of these languages is a unique enrichment for anyone interested in the present-day future of indigenous American societies.
Courses
Master's degrees
It is possible to take classes in Quechua as part of a Master's degree in Foreign Language, Literature and Civilization (LLCER).
Go to the masters' page
School diplomas
- Certificats de Langue et Civilisation (CLC) levels 1 and 2 in Inuktitut
- Diplôme de Langues et Civilisation (DLC) de Mésoamérique, spécialisation maya ou nahuatl, levels 1 and 2
- Diplomas in Language and Civilisation (DLC) levels 1 to 4 in Quechua
Go to School diplomas' page
Langues O' passport
- Langues O' passport in Guarani, maya, nahuatl, quechua
Go to The Passeport Langues O' page - Distance learning Inuktitut course
Minor
Guarani, maya, nahuatl, quechua
Section administration
Director: Marc-Antoine MAHIEU
Pedagogical manager: N.N
Office 3.41A