‘[She] said words in the Han Gwich’in language that essentially mean, “We’re not a threat to you. Have mercy on us and leave us alone.”
Her grandmother and other elders always told her that animals understand the Native language.
“I’m glad I remembered that and that I knew those words,” she said.’
Good text that should help many people understand that it is generally not a very good idea.
🤖 A reader wants to build a chatbot for an endangered language. What are some ethical considerations they should keep in mind? In this installment of "Ask ELP", Anna, ELP's Executive Director, offers her thoughts.
Read the response at: www.endangeredlanguages.com/story/ask-el...
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
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...
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!
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
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
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
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
Poets: the call for poems for the @peninternational.bsky.social 6th Indigenous and Minoritised Languages Videopoems Marathon closes February 14th! Learn more:
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:
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...
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.
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:
"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."
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."
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?
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.”
