Today is International Mother Language Day!

12 Things You Can Do on International Mother Language Day.
View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed] Share ([link removed])
[link removed] https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fculturalsurvival.org%2Fimld2024 Tweet ([link removed] https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Fculturalsurvival.org%2Fimld2024)
[link removed] Forward ([link removed])
[link removed]
Support our work ([link removed])


** 12 Things You Can Do on International Mother Language Day
------------------------------------------------------------

Today, February 21, is International Mother Language Day. It was first proclaimed in 1952 as "Language Movement Day" by Dhaka University students in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) who protested the suppression of their Bengali language. Police and military forces opened fire, killing many young people in attendance.

Cultural Survival supports and promotes place-based, Indigenous-controlled community media and language revitalization efforts aimed at creating new generations of fluent speakers. Indigenous Peoples are estimated to speak more than 4,000 different languages. At least 43 percent of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world are endangered, and so many of these languages hold Traditional Knowledge and the solutions for how we care for our environments. We work to address this crisis and partner locally and internationally to reverse Indigenous language loss through our Indigenous Led-Funds: our Indigenous Community Media Program, our Indigenous Rights Radio Program, and our Indigenous Youth Fellowships.


** 1. Meet Our Grant Partners Working on Language Revitalization Efforts [link removed]
------------------------------------------------------------
In 2023, in addition to supporting Indigenous community radio stations ([link removed]) through our Indigenous Community Media Fund which broadcasts in Indigenous languages, Cultural Survival directly funded several grassroots projects to strengthen, maintain, and revitalize their language through our Keepers of the Earth Fund. Get to know them! ([link removed])


** 2. Watch a Message from Our Youth Fellows
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
On International Mother Language Day watch what our Youth Fellows have to say.
En español. ([link removed])


** 3. Listen to and Share Our Indigenous Rights Radio Programs [link removed]
------------------------------------------------------------
Cultural Survival is producing and distributing radio programs worldwide ([link removed]) on topics related to Indigenous rights. With the help of volunteers from all over the world, we have translated programs and recorded audio in over 170 Indigenous languages. Learn more. ([link removed])

[link removed]
International Mother Language Day 2024 ([link removed])
Language diversity, multilingual education, and the development of a deeper appreciation of linguistic and cultural traditions worldwide are all encouraged by the dissemination of mother tongues. The purpose of this program is to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance, and dialogue, and to remind us of the vital role that languages play in preserving and transmitting cultural heritage. To commemorate International Mother Language Day we got in touch with correspondents from Progress Radio In Nigeria, who filled us in on the significance of mother tongue in that region. Learn more. ([link removed])

[link removed]
UNDRIP Article 13: Right to Language ([link removed])
Article 13 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states: "Indigenous Peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit to future generations their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures, and to designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons..."

[link removed]
Losing your language reduces your ability to survive ([link removed])
In this program, we speak to Dr. Isack Hussein, who is currently involved in a program that facilitates the inter-generational transmission of Indigenous Knowledge among the pastoralists of Northern Kenya.

[link removed]
Language Revival Initiatives In Asia ([link removed])
Linguists have predicted and also warned that half of all the 7,000 languages currently spoken will go silent by the end of the century. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) a regional umbrella organization of Indigenous Peoples Organization in Asia, following the official launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, starting from 2022 and continuing until 2032, has specifically focused plans for revival, revitalization, and strengthening of Indigenous languages and cultures in Asia.

[link removed]
Rescate del idioma Krenak en Brasil ([link removed])
Lideane, Profesora y segunda Casique de su pueblo, nos cuenta sobre como han ido rescatando el idioma Krenak y de como después de 30 años el idioma Krenak ya se ha empezado hablar en 7 pueblos de su región.

[link removed]

Derecho a Asistencia Legal en Idiomas Indígenas ([link removed]) (En Tsotsil ([link removed]) y Tepehua ([link removed]) )
La asistencia Legal es un derecho que los Pueblo Originarios han exigido en México y que han alcanzado materializar en la constitución, sin embargo, son muchos los casos en los que dicho derecho es violentado, así lo expone Rubina Flores Indígena Na Savi, de Guerrero, México, quien en su artículo “La falta de intérpretes y traductores de lenguas Indígenas en el sistema de justicia en México” ([link removed]) , expone algunas fallas del sistema de justicia y consecuencias para quienes no hablan español.


**
4. Learn about the Sustainable Development Goals in Ayuuk ([link removed]) , K´iche ([link removed]) ', Afrikaans ([link removed]) , and Sunuwar ([link removed])

------------------------------------------------------------



** 5. Listen to our series on Indigenous languages in English ([link removed]) and Spanish ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
To commemorate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, in 2019, we produced a whole series on efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages.
[link removed] ([link removed])



** 6. Access Content from Our Restoring and Protecting Our Native Languages and Landscapes ([link removed]) Conference

[link removed]
------------------------------------------------------------
On October 5-7, 2021, in light of the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages, Cultural Survival hosted a three-day virtual conference that equipped individuals working at the community level with tools and best practices for revitalizing and strengthening Indigenous languages and the Traditional Ecological Knowledge carried within them. Access three days of content. ([link removed])



** 7. Learn about the Khoe and Ñu languages in South Africa
------------------------------------------------------------

[link removed]

Through our Keepers of the Earth Fund ([link removed]) , Cultural Survival funded Munanai, an Indigenous grassroots organization based in ||Hui !Gais (original name of Cape Town), South Africa. Denver Breda, a Khoe cultural and language activist and the founder of Munanai, is working hard to ensure Indigenous youth have access to learning Khoekhoegowab, their Indigenous language.

[link removed]
Watch Grandmother Katrina Esau speak about the importance of the N/uuki language in South Africa and COVID-19 prevention through Indigenous Rights Radio.


**
------------------------------------------------------------


** 8. Learn How our Indigenous Youth Fellows are Promoting Indigenous Languages
------------------------------------------------------------

Jama Jama Peres Pereira (Wapichana) from Brazil is the coordinator of a collective fellowship “Wapichana Indigenous Literature and Inclusion Project,” which aims to disseminate Wapichana literature by transforming it into inclusive material for deaf people in Brazilian sign language, enabling them to learn about the stories of Indigenous Peoples. Meet Jama. ([link removed])


**
9. Read Our Cultural Survival Quarterly Issues on Indigenous Language Revitalization
------------------------------------------------------------
Indigenous language loss is occurring all over the world. Concerned communities are using many methods including community radio as an effective tool in revitalizing their languages.
[link removed] [link removed]


**



10. Learn about the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]

On December 18, 2019, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. ([link removed])


** 11. Attend the Mother Tongue Film Festival [link removed]
------------------------------------------------------------

The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival ([link removed]) celebrates cultural and linguistic diversity by showcasing films and filmmakers from around the world over four days of free screenings in Washington, D.C. Since 2016, the annual festival has celebrated International Mother Language Day on February 21. The eighth annual festival will take place February 23–26, 2023.



** 12. Make a gift today to support Cultural Survival's ongoing work to revitalize Indigenous languages!
------------------------------------------------------------

[link removed]


Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience since 1972. We envision a future that respects and honors Indigenous Peoples' inherent rights and dynamic cultures, deeply and richly interwoven in lands, languages, spiritual traditions, and artistic expression, rooted in self-determination and self-governance.
DONATE ([link removed])

============================================================

** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])
** ([link removed])

Advancing Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Cultures Worldwide, since 1972
** Cultural Survival ([link removed])

2067 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 441-5400
** www.cs.org ([link removed])


Want to change how you receive these emails?

You can ** Update your preferences. ([link removed])

Want to stop receiving anything from us? ** Unsubscribe from ALL of Cultural Survival's lists. ([link removed])