Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales

Inalco
TypePublic
Established1669
FounderJean-Baptiste Colbert
Endowment14M€
PresidentJean-François Huchet
Academic staff
200
Students8,000
300
Location,
France
Websitehttp://www.inalco.fr

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (English: National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations),[1] abbreviated as INALCO, is a French Grand Etablissement with a specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. Its coverage spans languages of Central Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and Oceania. With 104 languages taught as of 2024, this institution is currently the world's largest provider of language training courses.[2][3][4][5]

It is also informally called Langues’O (IPA: [lɑ̃ɡz‿o]) in French, an abbreviation for Langues orientales.

The INALCO logo is made up of the school's acronym, each part of which is translated into languages written in non-Latin characters, corresponding to Inalco's fields of teaching and research.[1]

  1. ^ "welcome to Inalco website". Inalco. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Les langues et civilisations enseignées à l'Inalco | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales". www.inalco.fr. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales". Top Universities. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Au cœur de l'Inalco : par amour des langues". L'Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ "L'Inalco, « seul endroit au monde où autant de langues africaines sont enseignées » - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2024.