UNM Linguistics Professor, Joshua Birchall, Named Finalist in International Competition

March 25, 2026

UNM Linguistics Professor, Joshua Birchall, Named Finalist in International Competition

The LAII congratulates UNM Linguistics Assistant Professor and LAII Affiliated Faculty member, Dr. Joshua Birchall!  
 
The LAII is thrilled to celebrate Dr. Birchall, whose collaborative project, Dicionários Multimídia para Línguas Indígenas, has been selected as a finalist for Banco do Brasil’s 13th Social Technology Award. His innovative work creating multimedia dictionaries to help preserve endangered Amazonian languages is making a profound impact on Indigenous communities and language revitalization efforts. 
 
This recognition honors his deep commitment to Indigenous language documentation and the meaningful partnerships that make this project possible. 
 
 
Learn more about this remarkable accomplishment: 
 
https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-linguistics-professors-project-named-finalist-in-international-competition