FLI attaches great importance to working with universities especially with their linguistic departments to expand its scope of work. Earlier, FLI has been working with universities of regional and national levels. This is the great news for language researchers that more universities are entering the field of linguistics and playing their effective role. One of […]
Bazm e Elm wa Fun (BEF), a community-based organization working for the development and promotion of the Balti language organized a cultural event named ‘Jashn e Mayfung’ in Skardu city of Gilgit Baltistan. The festival comprised a variety of events involving many literary people including writers, poets, students, and researchers from the community. Poets of […]
The Khowar language community, living in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi organized a literary plus entertainment event in Islamabad on New Year’s Eve. Around 150 people participated in the event. The event started with the oath taking ceremony for those who assumed the responsibilities of the Anjuman Taraqqi Khowar (ATK, Islamabad), the capital […]
FLI is helping the members of migrant communities of northern Pakistan living in the urban areas of the country to relink themselves to their language and culture while residing out of their native places. These community people are in the major cities for winning their bread and livelihood, and miss their environment. Therefore, the initiative […]
FLI partnered with Anjuman Taraqqi Khowar (ATK) in organizing the 4th International Hindukush Cultural Conference from September 14 to 16 in Chitral town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A total of 75 research papers out of 85 originally submitted, covering the Hindukush region were presented in the mega event. The presenters came from across the world […]
Kataviri, also called Kati by the native speakers which is a Nooristani language in Chitral has turned into a literal language. The language was purely verbal just a year back which has now five books, all written by the native speakers have been produced and published. Beginning with the alphabet book, the researchers affiliated with […]
FLI recently published three more books in different indigenous languages of northern Pakistan; Ormuri, Gawarbati and Dameli. Rozi Khan Burki, a pioneer Ormuri researcher has compiled a dictionary in his mother tongue, Ormuri. This is the third book FLI published in the language and the second book which has been authored by the same writer. […]
The Indus Kohistani language, having a functional writing system, being used on Social Media and for literature development, and also having a Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education program is one of the few literate languages of Northern Pakistan. Spoken by more than 400, 000 people, this Dardic language has also been included in the primary […]
A delegation of Palula language speakers in Chitral visited Gomandan, a splintered village of Palula language community in Dir Kohistan to meet with those who share their language and culture. The delegation consisted of the office bearers of one of FLI’s partner organizations in northern Pakistan working for the Palula language in Chitral. Mr. Qazi […]
The Kalkoti language speakers have started celebrating a writing system they developed after attending a series of training workshops under the banner of FLI. The community people including teachers, students and other educated groups of the language gathered at night and, as per the tradition to mark the achievement of any milestone, slaughtered a goat. […]