El evento de Alto Nivel cerrará el IYIL2019 con una revisión exhaustiva de los resultados y lecciones aprendidas, y proporcionará recomendaciones concretas para el proceso preparatorio y de transición hacia la Década Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas.

On Tuesday, 17 December 2019, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a High-Level Event to close the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages in New York, in line with General Assembly resolution 73/156. The event is organized in collaboration with UNESCO and UNDESA. Participants: Member States, indigenous peoples, UN-System organizations, Observers of the General Assembly […]

This conference seeks to celebrate UNESCO’s 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages. Conference themes include, but are not limited to the following:• Community achievements and indigenous languages • Community collaborations and partnerships • Educational policy for language revitalization and maintenance • Indigenous languages into the 21st century • Indigenous voices in popular culture (e.g. social media, fiction, poetry, film, hip hop) • Indigenous languages and multilingualismIn the spirit of this celebration, participants will share experiences and knowledge to bring community voices, policy voices, and academic voices together. Further, this is an inclusive conference with a focus on celebrating indigenous languages and bringing indigenous perspectives to the forefront.

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Seminar on Marginal Ethnologic and Linguistic Annals: MELA-2019 to be held during 24-27 November, 2019 at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal (India), organised by Centre for Endangered Languages (CFEL), Visva-Bharati. Here Research Papers, Films, Poster Presentations and Theme Paintings are invited within given time frame. There will be interactive sessions consist of renowned linguists, interdisciplinary academicians, film makers, thinkers, writers, journalists and young scholars of the field.