Talant Mawkanuli

Near Eastern Languages and Civilization; Central Eurasian language, literature, and culture

Talant Mawkanuli is an Associate Teaching Professor  in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on Turkic languages and sociolinguistics, Ethnic Identity and Ethnolinguistic Vitality, Language Documentation and Endangered Languages in Central and Inner Asia, and the Anthropology of Islam and Muslims in China.