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. […]
“The teacher was furious at me when she saw me last time using my mother tongue to converse with my son. Since then, I communicate with my elder son in English and Urdu, and with the younger one in Pashto as he is yet to start going to school”. This was shared by Tariq Ullah […]
Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) in collaboration with International Islamic University, Islamabad arranged a two day-long workshop for the faculty members and research scholars of the Linguistic Department for strengthening their skills in advanced linguistics research and language documentation. The participants were introduced to new tools, techniques, and technology used in field linguistic and language […]
A maiden poetry session specifically in the Shina language, held in Gilgit city in Gilgit-Baltistan has motivated poets of the language to exercise their mother tongue for the lyrical genre. The participants left the venue with the hope and excitement of having laid the foundation of a new era, the beginning of a tradition of […]
A good news for those interested authors who were unable to submit their abstracts within the timeline, who now can be part of the event as the organizing committee of the 4th International Hindukush Cultural Conference has extended the deadline for abstracts submission up to May 31, 2022. Earlier, the set deadline was mid-May and many interested […]
The 4th International Hindukush Cultural Conference (IHCC4) has been rescheduled for September 14-16, 2022 to be organized in Chitral. The organizers of the mega event announced that new abstracts were recalled and previous submissions were also being refreshed by contacting the authors whose abstracts were approved against the previous call by May 15, 2022. Now, […]
FLI partnered with the Gojri Language & Culture Society (GLCS) to organize a literary event in Ghizer district of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) last weekend. This was first of its kind when Gojri speakers joined together to hold a poetry session in this part of the country. More than a dozen poets of Gojri language participated […]
FLI joined hands with one of its partner organizations in organizing a literary congregation in Gawarbati language. Organized by Al-Qalam, a community based organization, the poetry session took place last week in Arandu Valley of Chitral. The purpose of holding the event in the community was to promote Gawarbati poetry and contribute to peace building […]