Stories about Languages from May, 2019
Meet Margot Camones Maguiña, the host of @ActLenguas Twitter account for May 20-26
Learn more about Margot Camones Maguiña, the host managing the @ActLenguas Twitter account during May 20-26 2019 where she will share her perspectives on the Quechua language.
Meet Jacey Firth-Hagen, the host of the @NativeLangsTech Twitter account for May 30-June 5
Learn more about Jacey Firth-Hagen, the host of @NativeLangsTechTwitter account during May 30-June 5, 2019. She'll be sharing her perspectives on the Gwich'in language.
Meet Blossom Ozurumba, Igbo language activist
Learn more about Blossom Ozurumba, the host of @DigiAfricanLang Twitter account during May 29-June 4, 2019. She'll be sharing her perspectives on the Igbo language.
“If big tech companies won’t solve the problem for us, then we can do it ourselves.”
My 92 year old grandfather, like Nigerians of his generation, can read and write in Yorùbá. But since they are not 'literate' in English, they are digitally excluded.
Meet Ian McCallum, the host of the @NativeLangsTech Twitter account for May 23-29
Learn more about Ian McCallum, the host of @NativeLangsTechTwitter account during May 23-29, 2019. He'll be sharing his perspectives on the Lunaape language.
Meet Denver Toroxa Breda, Khoekhoe language activist
Learn more about Denver Toroxa Breda, the host of @DigiAfricanLang Twitter account during May 22-28, 2019. He'll be sharing his perspectives on Khoe languages.
Meet Roy Boney, the host of the @NativeLangsTech Twitter account for May 16-22
Learn more about Roy Boney of the Cherokee Nation, the host of @NativeLangsTechTwitter account during May 16-22, 2019. He'll be sharing his perspectives on the Cherokee language.
Meet Siya Masuku, isiZulu language activist
Learn more about Siya Masuku, the host of @DigiAfricanLang Twitter account during May 15-21, 2019. He'll be sharing his perspectives on the isiZulu language.
A new rotating Twitter campaign @NativeLangsTech will amplify the voices of Native language activists
Join us, as we celebrate linguistic diversity during the International Year of Indigenous Languages, with a Twitter campaign amplifying the experiences of Native American and First Nations language digital activists in the US and Canada.
Meet Dámilọ́lá Adébọ́nọ̀jọ, Yorùbá language activist
Learn more about Dámilọ́lá Adébọ́nọ̀jọ, the host of @DigiAfricanLang Twitter account during May 8-14, 2019. She'll be sharing her perspectives on the Yorùbá language.
