Indiana University's Center for Languages of the Central Asian Regions (CeLCAR) was founded in 2002. It is one of sixteen Title VI Foreign Language Resource Centers in the United States and the only one dedicated to the critical languages of Central Asia and surrounding countries.
CeLCAR is dedicated to promoting the teaching and learning of the languages and cultures of Central Asia through the development of language learning materials (textbooks, workbooks, phrasebooks, multimedia resources, web and mobile applications, online courses), teacher training, and intensive language summer courses. The less commonly taught languages currently being focused on at CeLCAR are Azerbaijani, Dari, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Pashto, Tajiki, Tibetan, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek.
CeLCAR's major sources of funding are the US Department of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, and the National Security Education Program (NSEP).