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06.03.2019 - 06.03.2019

Book Launch: Un passe-temps pour l’été

Europe and North America / / Edinburgh
Institut Francais Ecosse

Launch of 'Un passe-temps pour l'été', a translation of 'Ath-Aithne' by Martin MacIntyre and the first French translation of a Scottish Gaelic work of fiction.
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21.02.2019 - 21.02.2019

SOAS Language Fest

Europe and North America / / London
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House), SOAS University of London

Join SOAS World Language Institute and the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) to celebrate International Mother Language Day. and UNESCO's International Year of Indigenous Languages, which aims to raise awareness and to promote and ensure access to indigenous languages. SOAS staff, students and visitors will come together to showcase SOAS work on languages.
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19.02.2019 - 19.02.2019

Film Screening – Grammar of Happiness

Europe and North America / / Kalkanli
Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus

Film screening of The Grammar of Happiness (2012).This film follows the story of linguist Daniel Everett and his work with the Piraha tribe in the Amazon and their language. He argues that it has a special syntax, unique among human languages.
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19.02.2019 - 14.02.2019

Miawipuk Wi’kapaltimk (Mid Winter Feast)

Europe and North America / / Eskasoni
Sarah Denny Cultural Centre

Eskasoni will be hosting a mid winter community feast. The feast will have Music provided from Local entertainers in the Mi'kmaq language. There will also be a book launch to talk about Grand Chief Sylliboy and how he remembered his treaties through story telling. Last but not least, latest statistics in regards to the language will be shown to community members to encourage them to speak the language at home.
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14.02.2019 - 31.12.2019

IYIL2019 LOGO Billboard

Europe and North America / / Eskasoni
Eskasoni Billboard

The showing of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages will create awareness in our community about the year and may spark interests, in non speakers to start speaking the language.
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29.10.2019 - 01.11.2019

Indigenous Languages week Celebration at Penn

Europe and North America / / Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania

The Quechua Language Program and the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania are partnering to organize a week of events that promote indigenous language writers and indigenous language use in the Americas, with a special focus on Quechua (South America) and Zapotec (MesoAmerica).
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01.01.2019 - 01.01.2020

Maioha – Te Reo o te Māreikura online exhibition

Global / / Wellington
Online

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Aotearoa New Zealand’s film, television and sound archive) has launched Maioha – Te Reo o te Māreikura – one of four online exhibitions showcasing the Ngā Taonga Kōrero collection of te reo Māori recordings of our tūpuna (ancestors). This rich resource of Māori language recordings spanning the 1940s – 1980s is a unique storehouse, enabling Māori and other New Zealanders to listen to and engage with te reo Māori being spoken.
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14.02.2019 - 31.08.2019

Katutubo sa Metro Project

Asia and the Pacific / / Manila
LRT station Baclaran

Katutubo sa Metro, an indigenous language project for the preservation of the languages.
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29.03.2019 - 30.03.2019

APTI Third International Congress on Translation and Interpretation

Global / / Panama City
Panama Miramar Hotel

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, The Panamanian Association of Translators and Interpreters (APTI) hosts its Third International Congress on 29 and 30 March 2019 in Panama City.Indigenous languages will be the main focus of the Congress, in honour of 2019 the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, along with topics of interest to translators, interpreters and terminologists.More than 200 national and international participants from the world of translation and interpretation, linguistics, and the language industry are expected to participate in the event. For more information, please visit APTI website:  http://aptipanama.net,  www.apticiti2019.com  https://www.facebook.com/APTI.PMA    Send questions or proposals to: info@aptipanama.net
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21.02.2019 - 24.02.2019

Mother Tongue Film Festival

Global / / Washington, D.C.
Various

Through digital storytelling, the Mother Tongue Film Festival amplifies the work of diverse practitioners who explore the power of language to connect the past, present, and future. The four-day festival will open on United Nation’s International Mother Language Day, Thursday, February 21, and will feature 22 films and audiovisual experiences from 33 countries in 62 languages.
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