Stories about Indigenous
Q&A: Meet Noor Pamiri, Wakhi language activist
Please meet Noor Pamiri, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account from August 26-September 01, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Wakhi language, spoken in four countries, including...
Ecuador's indigenous Amazonian peoples launch online COVID-19 tracker
The aim of the COVID-19 online tracker is to understand which communities are in need of aid during the pandemic.
Q&A: Meet language, education and development expert Pushker Kadel
Please meet Pushker Kadel, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during August 19-25, 2020. He will be sharing his work as a language, education and development practitioner in Nepal.
Q&A: Meet Rany Phok, Krung language activist
Please meet Rany Phok, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account from August 11-18, 2020. She will be sharing his work with the Krung language, spoken in Cambodia.
Q&A: Meet Veer Keram, Gondi language activist
Please meet Veer Keram, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account from August 05-11, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Gondi language, spoken in India.
Q&A: Meet Muhammad Zaman Sagar, Gawri language activist
Please meet Muhammad Zaman Sagar, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account from July 29-August 04, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Gawri (Kalami) language, spoken in Pakistan.
Q&A with Language Warriors PH, a translators’ network in the Philippines
Language Warriors PH will host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during July 22-28, 2020. Find out about their work translating health content in various Philippine languages.
Q&A: Meet Lami’ Tsai-Wei Hung, Sakizaya language activist
Please meet Lami’ Tsai-Wei Hung, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during July 15-21, 2020. She will be sharing her work with the Sakizaya language, spoken in Taiwan.
Q&A: Meet Walis Taywang, Seediq language activist
Please meet Walis Taywang, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during July 01-07, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Seediq language, spoken in Taiwan.
Q&A: Meet Ilham Nurwansah, Sundanese language activist
Please meet Ilham Nurwansah, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during June 24-30, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Sundanese language, spoken in Indonesia.
Q&A: Meet Sok Socheat, Bunong language activist
Please meet Sok Socheat, the host of @AsiaLangsOnline Twitter account during June 17-23, 2020. He will be sharing his work with the Bunong language, spoken in Cambodia.
Making Swahili visible: Identity, language and the internet
Swahili is the most widely spoken African language, but its visibility online is dismal. Kenyan language activist Bonface Witaba is working to change this.
A Yorùbá language activist strives for linguistic diversity in digital spaces
Adéṣinà Ọmọ Yoòbá, a Nigerian Yorùbá language and culture advocate, is keen to bridge the cultural and linguistic digital divide.
