Stories about Social media
I Hear Dee
The "I Hear Dee" project, led by a linguist and native speakers, documents and promotes Shaetlan, an endangered mixed language in Shetland, across several digital platforms.
Talongokeno
Talongokeno is a blog focusing on Kikongo-Tsilaadi and Kikongo-Civili, aiming to provide a rare spotlight on their grammar, vocabulary, and conjugation for diaspora and local readers on social media.
BASAsulsel Wiki
BASAsulsel Wiki, part of the BASAibu Wiki network, serves South Sulawesi, Indonesia, promoting the Buginese and Makassaresel languages and community engagement. It empowers users to shape content and discuss civic issues.
MICEC TikTok
The Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (MICEC) utilized TikTok during the pandemic to connect with their community, sharing cultural content in the Indigenous languages of Nēhinawēwin (Swampy Cree) and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe).
BASAbali Wiki
The initiative BASABali encourages local civic participation by youth and the use of the Balinese language of Indonesia via a community platform with a dictionary, word games, and community spaces.
Brezhoweb
Brezhoweb, an online Breton TV channel since 2006, offers diverse, quality content, collaborates, and uses numerous social media platforms to promote the Breton language spoken in Brittany, France.
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.
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.
