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Happy Ambedkar Jayanti! Dr. B.R Ambedkar’s birthday is a moment of triumph + celebration for caste-oppressed communities in India and across the diaspora 🎇 #DrBabasahedAmbedkarJayanti #DalitHistoryMonth
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Do you care about India's past? If so, please watch this haunting trailer It is the story of Srujanika, a group of volunteers saving and digitizing Odisha's literary history They have given years of their life. Can you spare a few minutes of your time? youtu.be/4_j-2d0Ju24
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For an internet user in Nepal who speaks kusunda, or a santali speaker browsing through @Wikipedia, what does the internet look like? 🤔 In this week’s #WhoseVoices, we discuss meaningful access to the internet in South Asia & beyond w/ @subhapa 🌏 🔗 podcast.whoseknowledge.org/p…
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The language of power: How your trendy chatbot is leaving marginalised communities behind apc.org/en/blog/language-pow… By @WhoseKnowledge #AIandHumanRights #ChatGPT
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For an internet user in Nepal who speaks kusunda, or a santali speaker browsing through @Wikipedia, what does the internet look like? 🤔 In this week’s #WhoseVoices, we discuss meaningful access to the internet in South Asia & beyond w/ @subhapa 🌏 🔗 podcast.whoseknowledge.org/p…
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Last but not least, @Alexandra_Phil_ is a #Gaeilge (#Irish) speaker who's been supporting language revitalization since an early age. She's especially passionate about supporting speakers of Indigenous and minoritized languages in urban areas.
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Yazmín Novelo is a sociolinguist from the Yucatec Maya community in Mexico. She's a former news anchor who broadcast in #Maya, and has worked with #Indigenous communities around the world in #languagerevitalization. Come meet Yazmín on #IMLD2023! bit.ly/mentors-launch
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Yulha Lhawa is a #linguist from the #Tibetan plateau, and a native speaker of Khroskyabs. She's passionate about technology for language documentation and revitalization, and can't wait to talk to you about your language work! Join us on the 21st to meet Yulha.
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Let's meet the mentors! Dr. Pius Akumbu is a #linguist from Babanki, in NW #Cameroon, who's passionate about language documentation & revitalization, mother-tongue education, and language policy in Africa. Come meet Pius on the 21st! bit.ly/mentors-launch
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Have you ever had questions about how to keep your language strong? This International Mother Language Day, February 21, we are honored to officially launch the ELP Language Revitalization Mentors program. ⁠bit.ly/mentors-launch
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🗣️ A good story is a powerful thing! Join us for "The Art of #Storytelling and #EndangeredLanguages" on Feb. 13 at 11 am IST (🇮🇳). Come enjoy some stories in #Adivasi #languages, and explore how to incorporate storytelling and language in the classroom: bit.ly/EL-stories
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Subhashish Panigrahi (@subhapa) is a filmmaker with a passion for open access to cultural heritage. Learn about their two recent documentaries on the Odia language — created using openly-licensed media, as well as free and open-source software. ⬇️ w.wiki/6CHH
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If you're in the Washington, DC area, check out this January 25 screening of the documentary GYANI MAIYA, directed by @subhapa. The film is about the last known fluent speaker of Kusunda, in Nepal, told through interviews with her & her community: eventbrite.com/e/award-winni…
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📣 We’re excited to launch a series of stories from the project “Digital Security + Languages". rising.globalvoices.org/digi… 💬 Read perspectives from 18 language activists from Africa, Asia, & Latin America exploring relationship between #DigitalSafety🔒 & #LinguisticDiversity 🗣️
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Ho Unicode Converter: This converter converts Warng Chiti Boyo Gagrai & Ghanshyam Bodra ASCII fonts to Unicode. theofdn.org/huc/ Developed by : @gyana111 at @ofdnorg – at Baripada, India
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If you are in Montreal and you are interested in Indigenous Languages, contact @ofdnorg for a film screening.
Gyani Maiya (1937–2020) was one of the last two speakers of the Kusunda language of Nepal. Her last wish was to see Kusunda children learn her dying language. We're in Montreal from Oct 5-7. Contact for film screening & discussion: theofdn.org/reach-out/ @ILDecade @_ELProject
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[Opportunity] @jamlabafrica is inviting journalists to submit proposals for grants of up to ZAR20,000 each for in-depth reporting on subjects surrounding journalism and media innovations and innovators in Africa. Deadline is September 30, 2022.
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