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FReTalk from Dr Mae Carroll (Univ. of Melbourne)

Dr Mae Carroll from the University of Melbourne as well as CIRHSS research affiliate will be giving a talk (Monday 15 December 2025 10:00 AM) at the Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Research Talk (FReTalk) series organised by the Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University. Abstract, the title, and the flyer for the talk are provided below.

Ngkolmpu and Typology of exponence: What can Ngkolmpu, a language from South Papua, tell us about how inflectional information expressed in the world’s languages?

Abstract

Arguably no part of language displays more salient cross-linguistic variation than that of inflectional morphology, i.e. the marking of categories such as number or plural within the structure of words. On one end, we have languages like Standard Indonesian which, despite rich derivational morphology, displays no inflectional morphology. At the other end the extreme, we have Ngkolmpu, a Yam language spoken by around 200 solely in the village of Yanggandur in the Merauke region of South Papua Province, Indonesia, in which a single transitive verb arguably inflects for over 3000 combinations of inflectional features. However, the true complexity of Ngkolmpu lies not in the size of the system but how it organised with each category being simultaneously marked by multiple bits of morphological material simultaneously. In this talk, I will lay out the various ways in which inflectional information may be encoded in language and exemplify these with examples from Ngkolmpu and then compare these to a cross-linguistic sample of languages from around the world to place Ngkolmpu within this space.

Flyer for the FReTalk by Dr Mae Carroll
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Just Published! Sumaryana Putra et al. 2025. Bulian Saa: Exploring the Distinct Characteristics of Ritual Language of North Bali’s Indigenous Community

A co-authored #OpenAccess publication by CIRHSS member Dr Amrita Nugraheni Saraswaty (3rd author), together with CIRHSS affiliates working on the Bulian Project. Read the full paper here.

How to cite

Sumaryana Putra, I. K., Saad , G., Nugraheni Saraswaty, A., & Surya Jayadi , I. K. (2025). Bulian Saa: Exploring the Distinct Characteristics of Ritual Language of North Bali’s Indigenous Community. Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies), 15(2), 472–495. https://doi.org/10.24843/JKB.2025.v15.i02.p02

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OCSEAN workshop and training of Computational Statistics and Data Science in University of Bristol, 2025

In cooperation of CIRHSS, Udayana University and Bachelor of English Literature (BoEL), Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University, several lecturers; they are I Made Sena Darmasetiyawan, I Komang Sumaryana Putra, and Putu Wahyu Widiatmika, were invited to attend the training and workshop on Computational Statistics and Data Science for Linguistics in University of Bristol, United Kingdom, which was held from 5th of May up to 3rd of July 2025. While similar workshop and training were also conducted during previous year (2024) visit to University of Tartu, Estonia, this follow up workshop and training in 2025 was intended to put forward any findings gained from previous years data collection.

In addition, this event was also participated by Dendi Wijaya, a representative from Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), John Lennon Calorio from Davao Medical School Foundation, Philippines, Christopher Kinipi from The University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, as well as Paul Geraghty, a linguistics expert in Fijian Language.

This workshop was aimed at providing courses by JGI training material in Beginning Python, Intermediate Python, Introduction to Data Analysis in Python, Applied Data Analysis in Python, and Computational Methods for Social Sciences (GitHub repository for the workshop). All these courses were mandatory skills required for the main purpose of the whole event – to computationally analyze all languages and genetics data spread across Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea.

Following the workshop, data analysis was chaired by Daniel Lawson, Professor of Data Science in the School of Mathematics, and assisted by 2 PhD students, Rachel Wood and Catherine Upex. The whole event for 2 months ended successfully with all the data initial comparison was able to be processed for future publications.

The series of activities from OCSEAN will be put into closure with an International Conference in Bali. Visit this page for further details on the event.

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Community Service for Mental Health

CIRHSS director Cokorda Pramartha, Ph.D., collaborated with colleagues from Udayana University and the University of Sydney, under the KONEKSI grant, in conducting a community service in Abang village, Karangasem regency, in East Bali. The topic is to enhance the mental health of the community in the village. Below are several Instagram posts concerning the event.

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KONEKSI Research Collaborative Grant Awarded to CIRHSS Team

We are thrilled to announce that our application has been successful for the KONEKSI Research Collaborative Grant – Digital Transformation round. Congratulations to our dedicated team!

Our application stood out among over 600 Expressions of Interest, enduring two rigorous rounds of expert peer review by Indonesian and Australian academics. The selection was based on the technical merit of our proposal and our organization’s capacity to conduct the research with our listed partners.

The KONEKSI Secretariat has commended the technical rigour of this selection process in their second round of Collaborative Grants. This stringent process has ensured the selection of high-quality projects spanning diverse disciplines and regions. Additionally, the KONEKSI Secretariat recognized the commitment to social equality, genuine research partnerships, and the potential for policy and innovation impact in each selected proposal.

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We eagerly anticipate the impactful research outcomes and significant contributions to digital transformation that this collaborative effort will bring.

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Research groups by CIRHSS members

The Rector of Udayana University formalised a large pool of research groups across the university on 16 April 2024 (Decree no. 594/UN14/HK/2024). Several CIRHSS’s members and executive boards lead some of these groups. They are listed below (organised by the order in which they appear in the Decree, and presented the name as-is in the Decree):

  1. Pragmatik dan Analisis Wacana Kritis (group leader: Prof. Dr I Made Netra)
  2. Bahasa dan Linguistik Terapan (group leader: Prof. Dr Ida Ayu Made Puspani)
  3. Kajian Budaya (group leader: Prof. Dr I Nyoman Darma Putra)
  4. Psikolinguistik (group leader: I Nyoman Aryawibawa, PhD)
  5. Tipologi Linguistik (group leader: Prof. Dr Ketut Artawa)
  6. Computer-assisted Lexicology and Lexicography (CompLexico) (group leader: Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg, PhD)
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ICANN78 Welcomes Notable Expert Cokorda Pramartha for Key Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Session

The eagerly awaited ICANN78 meeting, taking place from October 21 to October 26, 2023, in Hamburg, Germany, is gearing up for an essential session focusing on the Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). In a recent update, a distinguished expert has received a formal invitation to present during this pivotal session.The session, appropriately named the “Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Implementation Roundtable,” is set to delve into critical IDN-related topics.

Distinguished expert Cokorda Pramartha, a recognized authority in the field, will provide specific insights into Balinese script IDN implementation progress and intricacies.

Cokorda Pramartha

ICANN78 holds the promise of being a landmark event in the realm of Internationalized Domain Names, and the participation of such esteemed experts adds to the anticipation surrounding this gathering.

For additional details regarding ICANN78 and its comprehensive program, please visit the official ICANN website (https://www.icann.org/ ).