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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · 30/09/2026

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. 🧡 We honour the children who never returned home, Residential School Survivors, their families and the communities that have been impacted. #EveryChildMatters #OrangeShirtDay #NDTR

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Chahta anumpa is living. The Choctaw Nation just launched a new language app through a partnership with Rosetta Stone’s Endangered Language program. The app is free for anyone who wants to learn, built with 90 Choctaw speakers and approximately 24,000 recordings of real conversations.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Registration for the 2026 Language Documentation Learning Series is now open! This free, online 9-week course will cover the basics of language documentation: how to make good records of your language. No prior experience needed - we’ll start from the beginning! bit.ly/2026langdoc

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Friday, October 9, 2026 2:00 pm Hawaii (UTC-10)
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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Opportunity alert: Applications are now open for the Endangered Language Fund-UNESCO Traineeship Program, "a unique opportunity for Indigenous people to get hands-on experience contributing to UNESCO's work in education and language preservation"! Learn more and apply by October 15:

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ELF-UNESCO Traineeship — The Endangered Language Fund

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · 01/09/2026

Jesse Fairley is working with Murphy Patrick and Gordie Alec to learn the Nedut'en (Carrier) language. 💫 “The learning experience so far has been wonderful, and it’s been powerful. A lot of joy, a lot of learning, a lot of growth.” says Jesse Fairley. 📖 Read the story here: fpcc.ca/stories/stre...

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🌱 How can Indigenous language revitalization be supported through the arts? Join us on Sept 16 at noon PDT to hear from Toroga Breda, sharing about his work in Cape Town to revitalize the Khoikhoi language through the arts, including film, dance, and performance art! bit.ly/stories-from...

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Stories from the Heart: Community Language Projects from Ready to Revitalize. Toroga Breda, Khoikhoi Arts Kouncil, Khoikhoi (South Africa): "MUNANAI ('To imagine greatness')". Our project seeks to use the arts to challenge the kakapusa or erasure of the Khoikhoi language and our Khoikhoi aboxan or ancestors and to be a HA DA GE A or we are still here. September 16, 12:00 pm Pacific. Free and online.

At the bottom are a QR code to register, and the logos of the Endangered Languages Project and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy Music Monday, a series to spotlight music in Indigenous languages around the world! This week we're tuning in to Meghalaya, India, where breakout star Reble has been bringing her language, Khasi, into the top tiers of hip-hop talent:

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Terror - Reble (prod by Tre Ess) | Shillong

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How can communities teach and strengthen their languages online, even when their speakers are scattered due to war or disasters? In this month's Stories from the Heart, Jacques Muisha Muhabura shared about his work in Goma, DRC, to teach and promote the Kihunde language through social media:

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Stories from the Heart: Jacques Muisha Muhabura (Kihunde, DR Congo)

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The 2026 Native Voices Endowment from the Endangered Language Fund is now open! These grants (up to $20k) support the documentation and revitalization of eligible #IndigenousLanguages in the western U.S. Learn more and apply by October 15:

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Native Voices Endowment — The Endangered Language Fund

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · 13/08/2026

Are you interested in learning about or developing a language revitalization plan for your #BCFirstNations community? 👉🏾 Access the Language Revitalization Planning Toolkit and all our language toolkits by visiting, fpcc.ca/programs/fpcc-toolkits #LanguageRevitalization #LanguageLearning

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Amalia Skilton @amaliaskilton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I am going to assign this article alongside Davis (2017) in my language revitalization class because it’s such a textbook example of ignorant, fallacious and colonial discourses about Indigenous langs.

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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 12/08/2026

Fantastic chat with @sophiasgaler.bsky.social, author of "How to Kill a Language". There are many paths to language endangerment, but also many paths to language revival. Wherever you get your podcasts. becauselanguage.com/143-how-to-k... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Coalition on Digital Impact (CODI) @codi.global · 10/08/2026

The Kam Language Project, launched in 2016, is helping preserve Kam, or Nyingwom, a language spoken by 8,000 - 11,000 people in 29 Nigerian villages. @globalvoices.org spoke with project founder Dr. Jakob Lesage to learn more about the story behind it. 🔗 globalvoices.org/2026/08/03/h...

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How a community-led campaign is helping save Nigeria’s Kam language

The current number of Kam speakers is approximately 8,000 – 11,000. Like many other languages in northeastern Nigeria, Kam received no attention from researchers before 2016.

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FOSTERLANG @fosterlang.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🌍🗣️ Voices that Shape Languages Today we bring you a new figure from our series, this time, one who played a key role in establishing and defending the Frisian language as a literary language. Stay tuned to discover more inspiring figures ✨

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 04/08/2026

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with a cast of leading Welsh actors bringing the iconic 1977 film to life yn Gymraeg ahead of its 50th anniversary

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'Gobaith Newydd': Star Wars to be dubbed in Welsh for first time

Star Wars is to be dubbed into Welsh for the first time, with a cast of leading Welsh actors bringing the iconic 1977 film to life yn Gymraeg ahead of its 50th anniversary. Announced today at the Nati...

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"'Guboï ma bewan' means 'Guboï must live.' That phrase guides everything I do. I hope that a young Uboï person, growing up [away from Kaboï], the way I once did, will have somewhere to return to: a dictionary, a recording, a place where the language still lives, even if it stays quiet at home."

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The Language I Was Ashamed Of | Endangered Languages Project

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"I grew up speaking a language I was ashamed of."⁠ ⁠ In this new article, Louis Gomis, a speaker of Guboï from Guinea-Bissau, shares the story of how growing up away from his language never stopped him from loving it - and how he now works to keep it alive. endangeredlanguages.com/story/langua...

A hand drawn map of the “Pays Manjak” with text “The Language I was Ashamed Of, by Louis Gomis”

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our thanks to Native America Calling for spotlighting language revitalization on today’s show! They talked with ELP Governance Council member Dr. N. Ha‘alilio Solomon, as well as Dr. Myrna Cunningham and Skyler Kuczaboski.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Deadline extended! 📆 Some folks requested more time to send in their greetings, so we’ll be accepting videos until August 2. If you would like to share a video, info is below! 👇🏽

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Deadline extended! 📆 Some folks requested more time to send in their greetings, so we’ll be accepting videos until August 2. If you would like to share a video, info is below! 👇🏽

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I would urge everyone to read this response to the New Yorker's upsetting piece that really mischaracterised language revitalisation efforts.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When those in power decide our languages deserve to die, what’s next for our ways of living, for the lands that sustain us, for us? And then, what’s next for all of you?

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It is instead a question of whether you agree that a few people should get to choose who lives or dies. It is a question of whether you, or anyone, wants to accept a world where a handful of powerful men can choose to “put out of their misery” entire cultures, ways of being, human existences.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“How sad should we [unspecified audience of people not connected to Indigenous or endangered languages] be when a language dies?”, asks this article. From Indigenous perspectives, we know this is not the question that needs to be asked.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This article stokes public sentiment against our struggle to restore our languages, and perpetuates views of Indigenous and minoritized peoples which have very real impacts on our lives. What these discourses do, what this review does, is reproduce the logic and discourses of colonial genocide.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Discourses and narratives – the stories we tell about things, and the ways we tell them – are not harmless or abstract. They do things, and have concrete effects.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As a group of Indigenous language revitalization practitioners, scholars, advocates, and allies, we are intimately familiar with these narratives about Indigenous and endangered languages. They have not changed very much in centuries. These discourses need to shift – it is long past time.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This article shows a profound misunderstanding of language revitalization, while also perpetuating narratives designed to eradicate languages and their speakers.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The recording of this month's Stories from the Heart is now available! In this powerful talk, Tarryn Ryan shared how she's been organizing spaces for using te reo #Māori everywhere in Ōtautahi (Christchurch), from informal pub meetups to film festivals. #languagerevitalization

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Stories from the Heart: Tarryn Ryan (Māori, Aotearoa/New Zealand)

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First Peoples' Cultural Council @fpcc.ca · 14/07/2026

Our friends at the @e-l-p.bsky.social have recently released a monthly series of informal talks by grassroots 🌱#languagechampions worldwide. The series is called "Stories from the Heart: Community #LanguageProjects from Ready to Revitalize" ❤️ Interested? Register for the next one below!

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Send your videos to support@endangeredlanguages.com by July 27. Please include a rough English translation of what you're saying, so we can add subtitles⁠. ⁠ And check out the video messages from 2024: youtu.be/D9VP0_1lcQ4 ⁠ We can't wait to see all your wonderful greetings!⁠

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Greetings for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

⏱️ Short clips (about 5-10 seconds)⁠ 📱 Vertical orientation⁠ 🗣️ In your language, or whatever language you're comfortable with 💬 Share the name of your language, Nation, tribe, or people⁠ 🌏️ Where in the world you're speaking from⁠ 👋🏽 Offer some greetings or good wishes for other Indigenous communities⁠

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎥 Call for videos! ELP is gathering video messages to share on August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - we invite you all to share some greetings and good wishes for other Indigenous communities on this day. ⁠ ⁠ Want to share a video? Here's how to contribute:⁠ 🧵

Flyer with title “Call for Video Greetings”. On the left is a smartphone screen with a cartoon of two people and a speech bubble with a waving hand inside it. Text reads “Share your greetings and good wishes to other communities around the world for International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples!”

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Join us on July 16 for the next Stories from the Heart, and learn from real-life experiences of language revitalization! We’ll hear from Tarryn Ryan from Kōrero ki Ōtautahi, a program to support learners and speakers of te reo Māori in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). Register at: bit.ly/stories-from...

Orange and cream colored flyer with title “Stories from the Heart: Community Language Projects from Ready to Revitalize”. Below is a photo of Tarryn Ryan and text: “Tarryn Ryan, Kōrero ki Ōtautahi, Tangata Māori (Aotearoa New Zealand). ‘Kōrero ki Ōtautahi: Me whakanui te reo rangatira’”

Below is talk abstract: “As a rangatahi, I was made to believe that te reo would 'get me nowhere'. Today, I run a charitable trust; our sole purpose is to support speakers and learners of te reo Māori, with the ultimate goal of making our city bi-lingual.” At the bottom is talk date and time, July 16 at 3pm, and logos of ELP and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

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Terralingua.Langscape @terralingua.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

¿Eres un joven indígena que está (re)conectando con su lengua ancestral, su cultura, sus conocimientos tradicionales o su tierra? El Círculo de Jóvenes Narradores Indígenas quiere saber de ti, y el mundo también. Envía tu historia para 2027. 🌿

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Amalia Skilton @amaliaskilton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just did a talk at #CoLang 2026 (Reno) on open-source children’s books. Check out storyweaver.org.in for an open-source lang revitalization and maintenance tool that deserves to be better known! #langsky 🐦🐦

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

How can little stickers make a BIG impact in revitalizing Indigenous languages? In the latest "Stories from the Heart," René Oswaldo González Pizarro shares how making stickers in different dialects of Ayuuk, an Indigenous language from Mexico, has created playfulness and pride in the language:

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Stories from the Heart: René Oswaldo González Pizarro (Ayuuk, Mexico)

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Some inspiration to start your week, from Emmanuel NGUÉ UM: "A Future of Language Freedom" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos0...

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Emmanuel NGUÉ UM | A Future of Language Freedom

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

How can technology be used to grow Indigenous language revitalization, uphold data sovereignty, and change narratives? If you missed this illuminating conversation between Yulha Lhawa and Peter-Lucas Jones, the recording is now available: youtu.be/BdQzBtXWVRQ

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Indigenous Voices in Language & Technology: Peter-Lucas Jones

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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Celebrate leaders preserving and revitalizing languages with the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award! Since 2013, this award honors impactful work in language documentation and preservation for future generations. Deadline: June 30 Submit: lsadc.org/excellence_in_community_linguistics_award

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Bizzario @rbizzario.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In other news, it was amazing, encouraging and mind-expanding to hear Peter-Lucas Jones yesterday talk about language and tech and his work, Te Hiku. Love the centering of Māori perspectives, ways and values. There’s still a lot of good people doing good things.

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chan eil sìth gun cheartas @coimeas.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

reminder that I keep a list of original fantasy and science fiction for adults published in Celtic languages, and I am always looking to expand it: anduilleaggheal.neocities.org/ficsean-speu... if you know of anything that's missing, please let me know!

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Celtic-language speculative fiction / an duilleag gheal

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Curious what a digital story looks like? You can see the stories created during our previous workshop at: endangeredlanguages.com/resource/we-...

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We Are Our Languages: Digital Storytelling Collection 2025 | Endangered Languages Project

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