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 […]
“She Can Do It” was this year’s theme of International Women’s Day. FLI collaborated with SHAD Foundation, Rawalpindi and Space Era School of Booni in Upper Chitral to celebrate International Women’s Day to let the women know their rights and responsibilities. In Rawalpindi, the event provided a platform for female students to showcase their skills […]
FLI collaborated with Idara Baraye Taleem wa Taraqi-IBT, a civil society organization, working for the the promotion and development of Torwali language to organize a ‘Yarak” (session) with Torwali community based in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The event was attended by Torwali youth, Students, Torwali notables from Pindi/Islamabad, Torwali business men and Torwali poets and singers. […]
FLI has been supporting Yadgha language speakers in the Lotkuh valley of Chitral to celebrate their cultural festival, Pathak, a special occasion, celebrated at the end of winter in the area. This year’s event had multiple programs in it. The event was organized by Modern Youth Development Organization (MYDO) in collaboration with FLI. MYDO is […]
FLI supported Dameli language group, living in Karachi to get together for a cultural festival aiming to reconnect them with their language and culture. The event, ‘Jashn-e-Daman’, or the Festival of Dameli People was organized under the auspices of the Anjuman Taraqi Damyan (ATD), the newly established organization by the migrant Dameli speakers in the […]
FLI, in collaboration with the Center for Language Engineering (CLE) has successfully completed a font which is hoped to fulfill what we, the indigenous language researchers of northern Pakistan require while writing down our findings in our native languages and Urdu. Nafees Nastaleeq Regular existed even earlier but had little support for our indigenous languages. […]
FLI provided support to Shina Migrant community memebers living in Rawalpindi and Islamabad to come together and celebrate their culture last weekend. More than a thousand people, including families participated in the event. Participants danced to the tunes of their language. They spoke for revival of their language by using it at home while living […]
FLI supported Khowar language group in Peshawar, Yadgha in Lotkuh, Chitral and Shina in Gilgit City in GB to celebrate the International Mother Language Day on 21st of February 2023. This support was provided under FLI’s Community Event Support initiative. This initiative allows our language enthusiasts to hold a small-scale activity aiming to promote their […]