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Tibetan Language Diminished as Schools Switch to Mandarin
Children in the Tibetan Autonomous Region are losing fluency in the Tibetan language as schools in the region are increasingly teaching subjects in Mandarin...
“Nothing for us without us”: Roadmap for Decade of Indigenous Languages
More than 500 participants from 50 countries, including government ministers, indigenous leaders, researchers, public and private partners, and other stakeholders and experts, adopted the...
PhD Student Makes History as First to Defend Thesis in Quechua
A doctoral student in Peru, Roxana Quispe Collantes, is the first to write and defend a thesis in Quechua. The indigenous language, which boasts...
UN Proclaims International Decade of Indigenous Languages
The UN General Assembly last month proclaimed 2022–2032 the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, inviting Indigenous peoples—as custodians— to initiate ideas for preserving this...
Rising Voices
In celebration of the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (#IYIL19), Rising Voices has joined forces with partners in organizing four rotating Twitter campaigns...
Western Australia Digitizes Indigenous Languages
The Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has launched a series of four immersive apps produced in the Digital Innovation Hub the center has...
Trump Signs Measure To Extend Grant Programs to Preserve Indigenous Languages
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a measure that extends federal grant programs aimed at preserving Indigenous languages and expands eligibility so more tribes can...
Luján, Members of Congress, Advocates Celebrate Passage of Bill to Revitalize Native Languages
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Members of Congress, and advocates celebrate the passage of the Esther Martinez Native American...
Vancouver to Erect Language Revitalization Pole
In part with the 2019 UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages, the First Nations Education Foundation has announced that a Language Revitalization Pole will...
Brexit Could Devastate Celtic Languages
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN), with its Welsh, Scottish, Irish, and Cornish member organizations, has issued a warning about the “potentially disastrous effect...
New Unified Inuktut Writing System Approved
The national Inuit organization of Canada has decided on a
new standard of writing for a unified Inkutut writing system. The system is
called Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait...
Hear Indigenous Languages through Google Earth
A new project titled Celebrating Indigenous Languages aims to raise awareness and preservation efforts for Indigenous languages. The project can be found in Voyager...
