Tag: indigenous
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...
Luján, Members of Congress, Advocates Celebrate Passage of Bill to Revitalize...
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...
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...
Alaska’s First and Second
Daniel Ward asks Brandon Locke and Victor Santos to discuss how Anchorage School District is leading the revitalization of the U.S.’ second-most widely spoken...
Crow Summer Institute
The Crow Summer Institute is occurring in Crow Agency, Montana, at the Little Big Horn College starting June 3rd through June 21st of 2019....
Global Voices: I Dream That My Language Lives
Over the course of 50 weeks in 2019, Global Voices plans to host 50 Latin American language activists on its @ActLenguas Twitter handle. This...
Languages, Plants, and People
K. David Harrison on Environmental Linguistics
This is the first of an ongoing series of articles that Language Magazine will be publishing to call attention to...
Official Launch of International Year of Indigenous Languages
The official launch of the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL), co-organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the...
Alberta invests $6M in Indigenous language education
Alberta’s government plans to spend $6 million dollars over the next two years to help establish a new program that will bring Indigenous language...
