The research project "The Linguistic (Pre-)History of the Indo-Iranian Frontier", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Emmy Noether Program, is concerned with the modern languages of the Indo-Iranian Frontier (present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan). It aims to gain a more comprehensive picture of the region's linguistic history and prehistory through a close integration of field research and empirical-descriptive work with historical-comparative studies. The pre-doctoral position is situated within the sub-project on the Yidgha-Munji group and focused on field research and language description.

Job description:
• Doing linguistic fieldwork on Yidgha in Pakistan
• Working with archival materials on Munji
• Contributing to the historical-comparative work of the project team, e.g. by creating lexical databases
• Within the framework of the third-party-funded research project, the opportunity to pursue a doctorate is offered (doctorate on a topic related to the linguistic description of Yidgha)

Requirements:
• Master’s degree or equivalent
 
Desirable:
• Previous experience with linguistic fieldwork, particularly in the Hindu Kush region      
• Previous experience with linguistic research on the Iranian languages of Pakistan
• Willingness to conduct linguistic fieldwork in Pakistan independently under potentially challenging conditions
• already existing fieldwork contacts in Chitral
• Communicative competence in at least one of the regional contact languages (Pashto, Urdu)
• Competence and experience in intercultural communication
• Ability to work in a team