Singapore is a tiny Southeast Asian nation-state located in a region with many ethnic groups, of which the Chinese comprise only a small percentage of the overall population. Yet, the Chinese form the majority in Singapore, living alongside a significant...
Malekula, the second-largest island in the Vanuatu archipelago, has a linguistic connection to Aotearoa. All of its many languages are distantly related to te reo Māori, and the island is the site of a long-term project to document them. Vanuatu...
"Each Language Has its Own Unique and Incomparable History" (Yalitza Aparicio, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples) While the practice and transmission of living heritage contributes to the vitality, strength, and well-being of indigenous communities, language is the principal vehicle...
The science and art of locating and enriching cultural heritage is a set of non-linear processes that all begin with language. Language in itself is a cultural heritage thereby a deep familiarity of its creation, evolution, usage, and the contexts...
The fifth edition of nipaluna/Hobart Language Day will celebrate language diversity in Hobart on Saturday, 30 March 2019, from 10 am to 2 pm on the Parliament Lawns, Hobart. This event is organized every year to promote language diversity in...
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to raise global attention on the critical risks confronting indigenous languages and its significance for sustainable development, reconciliation, good governance, and peace building. The 2019 celebration...
The International Day of the World's Indigenous People's is well-timed for UNESCO to launch a special website dedicated to the international year of indigenous languages (IY2019), which will be commemorated by UNESCO’s members and partners throughout 2019. The website...
Sixty-six years ago when Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan, on 21 February 1952, Bengali students marched in the streets of Dhaka to strongly resent the refusal of the then government of the Dominion of Pakistan (now the Islamic Republic...
The thirteenth International Conference of South Asian Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (ICOSAL-13) was held from 8 to 10 January 2018 in Mysuru, India. ICOSAL is an international forum of scholars that deliberate issues springing from various aspects of languages, cultures,...