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From tomorrow, we’ll share poems celebrating Indigenous and Minoritised languages worldwide as @pen-tlrc.bsky.social launches its 6th Video-Poem Marathon for International Mother Language Day.

Explore last year’s video-poems: www.pen-international.org/tlrc

#MotherLanguageDay #TLRCMarathon

Happy International Mother Language Day!

Join us later today for the launch of the UNESCO Chair on Rights Education among Indigenous and Non-Dominant Language Communities, and celebrate the day with people around the world working to keep their languages strong:

bit.ly/IMLD2026

February 21 is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay!

We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.

📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.

A new article about how toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are learning an endangered Sámi language years after the end of boarding schools in Finnish only

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Graphic with keyboard and mouse designs and text: “Stanford SILICON and the Endangered Languages Project are excited to announce a new one-year pilot partnership starting in April 2026, designed to explore collaborative models for advancing digital inclusion with endangered, Indigenous, and under-resourced language communities.”

ELP and Stanford SILICON are excited to announce a new partnership to advance digital inclusion with Indigenous, endangered, and under-resourced language communities! 💻️

Read more at: endangeredlanguages.com/story/SILICON

We’re honored and excited to welcome @bchasemadethis.bsky.social as ELP’s new Director of Technology! They bring a decade of experience supporting Indigenous communities in developing ethical, effective technologies to meet their language goals. Welcome, Bridge!

Call for Applications: Wasafiri Translator in Residence – Endangered Languages We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages — and invite proposals from translators…

Job alert for translators! @wasafirimag.bsky.social is seeking a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages. Applications are due February 15 - learn more at:

The 12th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL12) will be held at the University of Vienna, 7th - 10th July 2027. Abstracts due 30 May 2026

univie.eventsair.com/wocal2027/

#WOCAL12 #WOCAL2027 #linguistics

Endangered Languages Project Shop Wear your support for Indigenous and endangered languages! All sales of these limited-edition shirts will go to the Endangered Languages Project, supporting communities around the world who are revita...

Available in 6 colors and hoodie, crewneck sweatshirt, and men’s and women’s t-shirts! Designed by Indigenous artist Chantelle Trainor-Matties (Nisga’a and Métis).

And global shipping and printing means our friends around the world can rock the Raven design: bit.ly/ELP-shop

Photo of a young Nigerian man looking to the left and smiling. He is wearing a white hoodie, with a blue and yellow formline illustration of a raven with its beak open, and the words “Our Languages Will Live”. At the top of the photo is the text “Wear your support for language revitalization”

Photo from the back of the same young man, pointing to the ELP logo on the back of the hoodie. At the top of the photo is the text “ELP winter 2025-26 collection: Raven”

Tell the world: "Our languages will live!", with the 2025-26 ELP shirt collection! Former ELP intern Johnson Akano sports the white hoodie version.

All proceeds go directly to supporting ELP's work in language revitalization. Available for a limited time - get yours while you can: bit.ly/ELP-shop

Participants at the Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous California Languages

Apply now to participate in the 2026 Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous California Languages, held at UC Berkeley and sponsored by the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival in collaboration with @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social!

www.aicls.org?page_id=566

We are deeply grateful to the Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle (IYSC) contributors for sharing their stories and critical work, which continue to inspire and strengthen biocultural resurgence across communities.

Read their stories at terralingua.org

#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle

6th Indigenous and Minoritised Languages Videopoems Marathon — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide Call for Submissions — Deadline: 14 February 2026   To mark International Mother Language Day on 21 February 2026, PEN International’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee invites writers, po...

Poets: the call for poems for the @peninternational.bsky.social 6th Indigenous and Minoritised Languages Videopoems Marathon closes February 14th! Learn more:

Gold and blue flyer with title "Save the Date: Launch Event". Below is logo of UNESCO Chair on Rights Education Among Indigenous and Non-Dominant Language Communities, and the UNESCO logo. Text below reads: "Presented by Dr. Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla, Dr. Shannon Bischoff, and Dr. Mary Encabo-Bischoff (Co-Chairs) and Invited Guests. In collaboration with Endangered Languages Project. February 21, 2026 International Mother Language Day, 3:00 PM Hawaiʻi | 5:00 PM Vancouver | 8:00 PM New York 2:00 AM Paris* | 8:00 AM Bangkok* | 11:00 AM Sydney* *February 22." Below is a link and QR code to register.

Join us to celebrate the launch of the UNESCO Chair on Rights Education among #Indigenous and Non-Dominant Language Communities!

📆 February 21, International Mother Language Day
🕔 5:00 pm Pacific (Vancouver) time
💻 On Zoom: bit.ly/IMLD2026

We would like to congratulate our friends at the Endangered Languages Project ( @e-l-p.bsky.social ) on the launch of their annual report!

#ELP is a nonprofit organization supporting the revitalization of Indigenous and endangered languages around the world.

#AnnualReport #LanguageRevitalization

"A Stream of Voices", our article series in partnership with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, features firsthand stories of language revitalization around the world. Read stories from language champions in Canada, Cameroon, Guatemala, Pakistan, Ireland, and Brazil:

Krenak Legacy Materials: Learning Indigenous Languages from Centuries-Old Sources I was eight years old when my family was gifted a copy of the Krenak dictionary.

Another story in our "A Stream of Voices" series, Antônio Jorge Medeiros Batista Silva's beautiful article on reclaiming the Krenak language from archival materials, is also the top story in Folklife right now! folklife.si.edu/magazine/str...

Taking the Train to Dublin City: A Journey to Speaking Irish in Ireland’s Capital For many, the Irish language was attached to experiences of poverty, suffering, and violence.

The article weaves together the centuries-long history of oppression of Irish, the ongoing language revival movement, and the stories of Alexandra's own family's relationship to the language - all encapsulated in one day taking the train to Dublin.

Top Five Folklife Stories of 2025 #ICYMI, here are the most-read articles from the Center’s online magazine this year.

Wow - we're proud and honored that ELP Mentor @alexnicp.bsky.social's article "Taking the Train to Dublin City: A Journey to Speaking Irish in Ireland’s Capital" was the #3 most-read story in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social Folklife Magazine this year! 👏

Just TWO DAYS left to help us reach our goal - we only need $1,000 more to reach the bare minimum for Ready to Revitalize!

Help more incredible grassroots language activists connect, learn, and develop fully funded community projects, like this one that bridged Māori and Breton communities:

Raise to Revitalize Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

"I believe this future of [linguistic] freedom is possible, and that all of us working in language revitalization are contributing to that future."

We are raising funds to support 20 language champions around the world, working to build futures for their own languages.

Can you help by December 31?

"I believe the responsibility of the present generations is to create possibilities for the future of our languages. This is a gift we can offer to future generations: the gift of a choice that was denied so many of us."

"When we are pressured to abandon the ways we speak, we are being pressured to abandon the ways we understand the world, and the ways we relate to each other.

When we reclaim and revitalize a language, we are reclaiming our right to choose and live our own ways of relating to each other."

YouTube video by Endangered Languages Project Emmanuel NGUÉ UM | A Future of Language Freedom

What does language endangerment mean to the people experiencing it? Dr. Emmanuel Ngué Um reflects:

"When languages, or language practices, are threatened, it is really a threat to human relationships: the ways of living and connecting that our ancestors developed and passed on to us."

Raise to Revitalize Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

Language champions from 18 countries will be joining the 2026 Ready to Revitalize program - and we have just TEN DAYS left to raise funds for their grassroots #languagerevitalization projects!

🌱 Will you support the revitalization of Indigenous and endangered languages around the world?

Raise to Revitalize Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

Indecisive on what to give your family and friends for Christmas? Instead of a hideous, dust-collecting, last minute seasonal decoration you should opt for a donation to Ready to Revitalize 2026 for supporting Indigenous communities worldwide! @e-l-p.bsky.social
givebutter.com/elp2025

"The new monolingual Irish dictionary changes this paradigm. Instead of asking 'What's the English for X?', speakers will now be empowered to ask 'What does X mean?' in their own language.”

At Boobera Lagoon, I dip my toes into learning a long-dormant language I’ve travelled to my grandfather’s tiny home town of Toomelah to discover how words, stories, country and culture intersect

“Our language was not dead – it’d been asleep”
Carl McGrady

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

Raise to Revitalize Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization

Ready to Revitalize helps language champions build these connections and develop revitalization programs in their own communities - through guidance, hands-on learning, mini-grants, and a warm and supportive space to build networks.

Please help us fund Ready to Revitalize 2026:

An adult and many small children from the Brezhoneg community sit in a circle on the ground outdoors, looking into a small wooden box filled with forest items.

This year, dozens of families have come together to restore transmission of Brezhoneg in the home, nurturing a new generation of speakers.

This is what can happen when Indigenous & minorirized communities connect across borders, sharing their brilliance, creativity, strength and experiences. (4/5)