Talant Mawkanuli

Talant Mawkanuli is an Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington, affiliated with the Department of Linguistics, Department of Anthropology, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. He serves as Director of Turkic and Central Eurasian Studies, and holds affiliations with the Jackson School’s East Asia Center, Ellison Center, and Middle East Center.

• Education: PhD in 1999 from Indiana University, Bloomington

His research focuses on Turkic and sociocultural linguistics, emphasizing Central Eurasian and Chinese languages within social/cultural contexts. Key areas include language endangerment, minoritized languages, and ethnicity. He conducts fieldwork and interdisciplinary projects on language documentation (e.g., Jungar Tuvan) and historical analysis of Chaghatay manuscripts. Teaching spans Turkic languages and Central Eurasian/Chinese societies.

No scientific awards explicitly mentioned. Collaborative projects include language documentation and historical linguistics studies.