Are you or your community leveraging the Internet, digital media or other technologies to promote your Indigenous, endangered, or low-resource language in digital spaces?
If you answered “yes,” Rising Voices invites you to add your project to this digital directory as a way to share your knowledge and experiences with other communities.
Adding your project to the directory can help ๐ inspire other communities and ๐ increase the visibility of your important work.
We also hope that the directory can help ๐ connect like-minded people who work with the same language, who live in the same country, who use similar tools or simply want to learn more about digital initiatives.
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Sakiraaษe Media
Created by young undergraduates from Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, the project is dedicated to preserving Fulfulde through creative media and social platforms, fostering awareness and language sustainability.
Fulfulde, Nigeria
Bien Chabacano
The blog Bien Chabacano delves into the history of the Chabacano language spoken in the Philippines and aims to revitalize it among younger speakers. Herrera also translated "Le Petit Prince" into Chabacano in 2018.
Chabacano, Philippines
Storyweaver in Bikol
Read, translate or remix freely licensed children's books into the Bikol (Central) language of the Philippines through the open-source StoryWeaver digital platform that offers tools for translation and storybook creation.
Bikol, Philippines
Angika Wikipedia
After a decade in incubation, the Angika-language Wikipedia merged as a full site on March 22, 2023. Despite challenges, it now offers over 1600 articles, providing Angika speakers access to diverse knowledge, including local customs.
Angika, India
Shagz Chronicles
A Kikuyu-language podcast project revisits the 1990s, exploring rural Kenyan childhood memories, aiming to revive appreciation for Kikuyu language and culture, especially among the diaspora.
Kikuyu, Kenya
Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia
Starting in 2021, a project aimed to create a Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia. By 2023, the volunteer-driven initiative powered by the Ghanaian Pidgin Wikimedians Community launched gpe.wikipedia.org, recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Ghanaian Pidgin, Ghana
Speak Ekpeye Fluently
The Speak Ekpeye Fluently initiative uses digital platforms to preserve and promote the Ekpeye language through teaching, documentation, virtual tutorials, dialect harmonization, resources, curriculum development, and cultural forums.
Ekpeye, Nigeria
