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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1669 |
| Founder | Jean-Baptiste Colbert |
| Endowment | 14M€ |
| President | Jean-François Huchet |
Academic staff | 200 |
| Students | 8,000 |
| 300 | |
| Location | , France |
| Website | http://www.inalco.fr |
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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]
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- ^ "Au cœur de l'Inalco : par amour des langues". L'Etudiant (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "L'Inalco, « seul endroit au monde où autant de langues africaines sont enseignées » - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 11 June 2024.