Dr Mark W. Post

Co-Director

Mark W. Post is a linguist specializing in the languages of mainland Asia, with a special focus on Indigenous languages of the Eastern Himalayan region.

He is author and/or editor of 10 books, including A Grammar of Galo, The Tangam Language, A Galo-English Dictionary, Language and Culture in Northeast India and Beyond, Ethnolinguistic Prehistory of the Eastern Himalaya and 5 volumes of the North East Indian Linguistics book series, in addition to dozens of academic papers.

Beyond traditional research, Post has been actively involved in community language work in the Eastern Himalayan region for about 20 years, through partnerships with the Galo Language Development Committee, the Apatani Language Development Committee, and the Milang Welfare Society.

The CCLD has grown out of his collaboration with Yankee Modi, with whom he co-founded Training and Resources for Indigenous Community Linguists in 2015.

Post is currently Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney and President of the Himalayan Diversity Institute.