Indo-Pacific Languages

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Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
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• Vision
• IPLL is devoted to excellence, innovation and
  leadership in
• Teaching Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature.
• Research in languages, literature, and cultures
  of the Indo-Pacific area.
• Community service.

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• MISSION
• Our mission is
• To enhance knowledge of Indo-Pacific Languages,
  Literatures, and Cultures, and facilitate the
  exchange and the diffusion of such knowledge.
• To prepare students to become knowledgeable about
  and competent in Indo-Pacific Languages,
  Literatures, and Cultures.

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Degrees Certificates

• B.A. in Philippine Language and Literature
  (concentration in Filipino or Ilokano).
• B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (concentration
  in Hindi, Indonesian, Samoan, Sanskrit, Thai, or
  Vietnamese).
• Certificate in Indo-Pacific languages (Filipino,
  Hindi, Ilokano, Indonesian, Khmer, Samoan,
  Sanskrit, Tahitian, Thai, or Vietnamese).
• Minor in Filipino or Ilokano Language and
  Culture.

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Documents

• IPLL Regulations Guidelines
• PDF IPLL-Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion
  (under development)
• Publishing Guidelines (under development)
• PDF IPLL By-Laws
• PDF IPLL Qualifications and Duties

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• Languages of the Pacific

• Chamorro
• Maori
• Samoan
• Tahitian
• Tongan

• South Asian and Semitic Languages

• Arabic
• Hindi-Urdu
• Sanskrit

• Southeast Asian Languages

• Cambodian
• Filipino
• Ilokano
• Indonesian-Malay
• Thai
• Vietnamese

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• Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures (IPLL)
  provides an opportunity without parallel
  elsewhere in the country for students to acquire
  an in-depth knowledge of the languages and
  cultures of that part of the world that
  encompasses more than 25 percent of the Earths
  population and an unusual diversity of peoples

• Pacific, Southeast Asian languages, Arabic,
  Sanskrit, Hindu and Urdu are taught in the
  Department. The coverage of these languages is
  unique in the United States this is the only
  department in the country to offer a BA degree in
  Philippine Language and Literature (Filipino or
  Ilokano) and the only one to offer every national
  language of Southeast Asia.

• Languages taught by the Departments instructors
  on a regular basis include Arabic, Cambodian
  (Khmer), Chamorro, Filipino, Hindi, Ilokano,
  Indonesian, Maori, Samoan, Sanskrit, Tahitian,
  Thai, Tongan, and Vietnamese. Additional
  languages and topics may be offered on an
  as-needed basis

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Contact
Mailing Address Indo-Pacific Languages and
LiteraturesSpalding 2552540 Maile WayHonolulu,
HI 96822 Telephone [phone]
Email hip_at_hawaii.edu
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