Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales

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Inalco

Type	Public
Established	1669
Founder	Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Endowment	14M€
President	Jean-François Huchet
Academic staff	200
Students	8,000
Doctoral students	300
Location	Paris , France
Website	http://www.inalco.fr

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (English: National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations),^[1] abbreviated as INALCO, is a French Grand Etablissement with a specializing in the teaching of languages and cultures from the world. Its coverage spans languages of Central Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and Oceania. With 104 languages taught as of 2024, this institution is currently the world's largest provider of language training courses.^[2][3][4][5]

It is also informally called Langues’O (IPA: [lɑ̃ɡz‿o]) in French, an abbreviation for Langues orientales.

The INALCO logo is made up of the school's acronym, each part of which is translated into languages written in non-Latin characters, corresponding to Inalco's fields of teaching and research.^[1]