Refereed conference talks
2025
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Shaikh, Maaz & Benjamin Tucker.
Zangskari fricatives: Acoustic and articulatory cues.
Alberta Conference on Linguistics (ACOL), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
22 November 2025.
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Shaikh, Maaz & Benjamin Tucker.
An articulatory description of the Zangskari coronal obstruents.
International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Language and Linguistics (ICSTLL-58),
University of Bern, Switzerland, 3–5 September 2025.
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Shaikh, Maaz & Allan Plesniarski.
Building automatic speech recognition tools for Zangskari using a documentary corpus.
21st International Association of Ladakh Studies Conference (IALS-21),
Kargil, Ladakh, India, 29–30 August 2025.
Slides
2024
- Shaikh, Maaz.
Transitive vs. intransitive agreement in Azamgarhi perfective constructions.
International Conference on Tense, Aspect, and Modality in South Asian Languages,
INALCO, Paris, France, 29–31 October 2024.
Handout
2023
- Shaikh, Maaz.
The V-a-V-i compounds in Hindi.
Alberta Conference on Linguistics (ACOL),
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada, 25 November 2023.
Handout
2019
- Shaikh, Maaz.
Descriptive phonetics and phonology of Western Sham Ladakhi.
Two-Day National Conference on Phonetics: Theoretical Underpinnings and Research Explorations,
English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India,
19–20 November 2019.
Invited talks and workshops
2023
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Shaikh, Maaz.
Echoes from Zangskar: Insights from documenting an isolated language.
Research 4 Minds (Re4M), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu, India,
6 September 2023. -
Shaikh, Maaz.
Citizen science for documentation and revitalization of the Zangskari language.
Government Model Degree College, Padum, Zangskar, Ladakh, India,
5 August 2023.
2022
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Shaikh, Maaz.
Five-day training workshop on documentation of Zangskari language.
Government Model Degree College, Padum, Zangskar, Ladakh, India,
4–8 August 2022.
Media coverage -
Shaikh, Maaz.
Documentation of the Zangskari language.
Government Model Degree College, Padum, Zangskar, Ladakh, India,
3 August 2022.
Media coverage
2021
- Shaikh, Maaz.
Panelist with Prafulla Basumatary, Kenneth Van Bik, and Marjing Mayanglambam.
CoRSAL Annual Meeting (CoRSAL V), Virtual,
1 October 2021.
Other presentations (non-refereed)
2025
- Shaikh, Maaz.
Bringing the Zangskari version of the Epic of Gesar to life:
An AI-generated short movie with multilingual subtitles.
Digital Humanities Conference (DiHuCon),
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 25 March 2025.
2024
- Shaikh, Maaz.
Acoustic analysis of the Zangskari vowels.
Generals Paper Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
12 January 2024.
Slides
2021
- Shaikh, Maaz.
A preliminary description of the Azamgarhi language.
For SEL By SEL Virtual Conference,
Society for Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages (SEL India),
11 January 2021.
Slides