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Battle over Te Reo Māori Signs in New Zealand

Plans to introduce bilingual road signs throughout New Zealand have inflamed political tensions and heightened arguments over racial politics in the country’s election race. Last...

African Folk Tales Reimagined in Nine Languages

A set of newly reworked African...

Brazilian constitution to be translated into Indigenous language

Brazil will soon have a copy of its 1988 Constitution in an Indigenous language. A team of 15 translators are currently working on translating the...

Office of Hawaiian Affairs awards grants for preserving language

In the last month, the Office for Hawaiian affairs has awarded several substantial grants to community organizations for the specific purpose of preserving the...

Loss of Language Diversity Accelerating

There’s an ongoing crisis in the field of...

Navajo University Offers First PhD in Diné

A tribal university on the largest Native American reservation in the US has become the first of more than 30 accredited tribal colleges across...

Guam Celebrates Mes CHamoru by learning the language

On this year’s Mes CHamoru, or ‘Chamorro Heritage Day’ native Guam islanders asked people to celebrate by learning the CHamoru language. Despite changing over time,...

Activists warn Russian languages are disappearing faster than data suggests

Activists in Russia have warned that hundreds of rare languages spoken by Russia’s ethnic and indigenous minorities are disappearing at an alarming rate.  It is...

Yukon: Indigenous language program showcased at cultural celebrations

Last week a youth group from the Council of Yukon First Nations’ (CYFN) “Language Leaders Tomorrow” program. performed a multilingual version of How the...

Canada Settles Cultural and Linguistic ‘Genocide’ Suit

Canada has agreed to pay out C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion) to settle a decade-long lawsuit seeking reparations for the loss of language and Indigenous...

UN Launches Ten-Year ‘Survival Plan’ for Endangered Languages

In a landmark move before the close of 2022, the United Nations finally launched what it calls the International Decade of Indigenous Languages—a ten-year...

Minnesota: Karen language classes to make a debut in St Paul Public Schools 

For the first time this coming September, Karen (or Karenic) language education will be introduced to four district high schools in St Paul, Minnesota.  It...
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