UN has declared the upcoming calendar year of 2019 the International year of Indigenous Languages. UNESCO has launched a website for awareness raising on indigenous languages. Organizations and individuals who work for preservation and development of indigenous languages can register with UNESCO and contribute. The website can be accessed by clicking on https://en.iyil2019.org/

16 people including three women from Khowar language community of Golaghmuli village in district Ghizer, GB gained the ability of writing in their mother tongue in a workshop. FLI held this Writers’ Workshop for Khowar Community in the first week of November 2018 in their village, Golaghmuli. The purpose of the activity was to enable […]

A language researcher of Khowar language community, Afsar Ali Khan translated UNESCO’s MLE promotional documentary in Khowar language and recorded the narration. FLI then dubbed the video. We appreciate the other language communities to do same as this short film highlights how UNESCO supports the idea of starting education with mother tongue. Click Here to […]

The Forum for language Initiatives arranged a Community of Practice (CoP) on Indigenous Resources Management on 30th of April 2018 in Islamabad. 18 people belonging to various language and culture groups attended this one day event. The goal of this CoP was to provide the communities of North Pakistan an opportunity to share the very […]