Support Native Language Center to Help Fight COVID-19
Ethnic flag of the the Diné (Navajo) Nation where COVID-19 has spread rapidly Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) is calling for the inclusion of a provision in the next...
Nahuatl Folktales Translated into English
The Latino Book Review has released a free online archive of English translations of Nahuatl folktales. The stories were translated to English from the native Nahuatl folktales...
Last Speaker of Sare Language Dies
On April 4, Licho, one of the four last speakers of the Great Andamanese language family and the last speaker of the Sare language died of tuberculosis...
COVID-19 Poses Grave Health Threat to Indigenous Communities
Native Brazilian group playing wooden flute at an indigenous tribe in the Amazon The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave health threat to Indigenous peoples around the world....
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 on Chinese government...
“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...
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 over eight million...
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 endangered facet of...
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 to highlight the...
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 established with the...