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We are at a critical point in human history where much of our cultural diversity is in danger of disappearing forever. This diversity, which has served as a driving force behind innovation, art, and...
Welsh Speakers Urged to Create Digital Recordings
Welsh speakers worldwide are
being asked to help safeguard the future of the Welsh language by recording
their voices using Common Voice, an initiative run by the free software
community Mozilla to improve digital services in
the Welsh...
New Bipartisan Native American Language Bill
On October 30, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Native American Languages Act (NALA) with the announcement of new bipartisan...
Mississauga Nation Launches Online Language Initiatives; Partners with Conservationists
According to CBC, the Mississauga Nation is launching a three-pronged initiative online to revitalize culture, language and identity in its communities.
"I think people want to be connected to culture, and that's what they were...
New OAS Ambassador for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Venezuelan activist, actress, and model Patricia Velásquez has been designated as the Organization of American States (OAS) Goodwill Ambassador for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Velásquez, who is descended on her...
Canada Launches First Indigenous-Language TV Channel
A new, all-Inuit Inuktut language channel has been launched in Canada, serving as the country’s first channel broadcast entirely in an Indigenous language. Devised by the team at Nunavut Independent Television (NITV), Uvagut TV...
Linguistic Diversity Declines in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea—frequently heralded as the most linguistically diverse place in the entire world—is in the middle of a language crisis. According to a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Indigenous Children the Focus in New Animated Series
Australia’s National Indigenous Television channel (NITV) has launched a new animated series that brings Indigenous issues to the forefront in a novel way for children by having the main characters be Indigenous siblings. NITV...
Mi’kmaw to Be Enshrined as Nova Scotia’s First Language
Mi’kmaw is Nova Scotia’s first language and legislation next spring will help preserve, revitalize, and promote it, according to an announcement by the Canadian province’s government.“It’s the right thing to do because the language...
Mix of Japanese-Indigenous Languages Survives in Taiwan
In the town of Hanhsi in the northeastern mountains here, where many of the Atayal indigenous people reside, a language resembling Japanese -- "Yilan Creole" -- can be heard being spoken.
According to remaining records...