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Exciting News: FLI releases Updated Nafees Nastaleeq Font Facilitating Vernacular Writing

We’re delighted to announce that FLI, in partnership with the Centre for Language Engineering (CLE) in Lahore, has launched an updated version of the Nafees Nastaleeq font. This version updates the experience of writing in Nastaleeq on computers, making it easier for writers from our ethnolinguistic communities to create content for printing. For writers from […]

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Gathering the Voices of Chitral: Writers, Researchers, Activists, and Artists Unite in Celebration of Languages

FLI hosted a seminar on Chitral’s languages, bringing together numerous language enthusiasts, researchers, activists, poets, and singers from ten out of the twelve languages spoken in the valley during the first week of May 2024. This gathering in Chitral town marked the introductory participation of many language communities, with over 150 attendees recorded, providing an […]

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Songs of Revitalization

FLI has taken another step towards revitalizing Yadgha, a severely endangered language of the Chitral valley, by producing songs to attract the youth of the community. “There has been no tradition of singing in our language as Yadgha used to be considered a religious language after being associated with the great saint, Pir Nasir Khusro,” […]

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Writing system in Gawarbati language strengthened

FLI held a three day workshop for strengthening of writing system in Gawarbati language in Arandu village, situated  alongside Afghan border in southern Chitral this week. In total 12 people, including government school teachers, language researchers and activists attended the sessions held under FLI’s Orthography and Writers’ Workshop series. This event was designed by FLI […]

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Capacity Building program for Govt. Reviewers concludes

A five day Capacity Building workshop FLI held for Pashto group concluded yesterday in Peshawar. Ten scholars of Pashto language who came from various departments attended the program. The participants are going to contribute to standardizing the schools’ curriculum in Pashto language. This was the fourth and last edition of Reviewers Capacity Building which was […]

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Reading material for MLE Schools

FLI provided books to the Children libraries of its partners CBOs. In first phase Palula Community Welfare Organization (PCWO), Gawri Community Development Program (GCDP) and Idara Baraye Taleem o Taraqi (IBT) were provided with the books for their MLE schools. It is worthy to mention that FLI’s target ethonoliguistic communities lack access to reading materials. […]

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