The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) supported student organizations from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Chitral in their cultural events held in Islamabad. These events brought together hundreds of language speakers from these regions who are now living in the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. The student organizations organized a variety of activities to celebrate their rich cultural […]
FLI, like always has once again presented an overview of its last year’s achievements highlighting some important gains of the year. FLI is celebrating Ms. Iram Jafar, a FLI trainee from Shina language community who has published her debut book. FLI has reached out to Saraiki speaking government primary schoolteachers with a program of training […]
Rauf Parekh, a renowned linguist and lexicographer, has reviewed FLI’s latest publication on Chitral’s languages, “Chitral Ki Zabanen: Maazi, Haal, Mustaqbil”, published in the paper on Dec 02, 2024. The book, authored by FLI’s Executive Director, Fakhruddin Akhunzada, has garnered significant attention for its comprehensive coverage of the linguistic diversity in Chitral. In his review, Rauf […]
FLI has published a collection of Shina folk stories authored by Iram Jafar, one of FLI’s Shina language group trainees. Iram, who participated in FLI’s training activities aimed at standardizing the Shina writing system, deserves congratulations on her debut book. We extend our best wishes to her for continued success in the future. The standardization […]
In a literary event, held in Islamabad, language enthusiasts and researchers congregated to celebrate the linguistic diversity of Gilgit Baltistan (GB). The seminar, organized by FLI, showcased the cultural and linguistic diversity of the region through the presentation of six research papers. The focus was on Shina, Balti, Khowar, Burushaski, Wakhi, and notably, Dawudi languages. […]
Forum for Language Initiatives, in collaboration with the Directorate of Professional Development (DPD), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organized a three-day training for Primary School teachers of the Upper Chitral district in Booni. A total of 85 teachers, half of whom were women participated in the activity. The workshop aimed to enhance the teaching skills of govt schools’ […]
Curriculum Reviewers Workshop for Kohistani Shina language is underway in Abbotabad. The five day long workshop is participated by 20 people, mostly govt school teachers who are supposed to contribute to curriculum development in future. The Kohistani Shina is one of the languages, included in the education system and it is very likely that the […]
Almost all children in Kalkoti language community in Dir Kohistan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa learn and speak their heritage language, a rare case in northern Pakistan. No age group in the community appears to be seen leaving their language for another. This was known in a vitality survey, FLI conducted in the last week of August […]
FLI supported Yadgha Development Network (YDN), one of its partner organizations from northern Pakistan to organize a writers’ workshop aiming to promote the writing of the language among Yadgha community. The event took place in Roi village of Lotkuh valley in Lower Chitral district and 15 young Yadgha speakers including students, poets and singers participated […]
FLI collaborated with the Initiative for People in Need (IPN), one of its partner organizations from the northern Pakistan to organize an essay writing competition in Indus Kohistani language community in Patan area of Kohistan on May 30, 2023. The activity was aimed at involving the youth in the language development process and making the […]