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These posts are from Rising Voices, a Global Voices project that helps create and develop citizen media in places where people don't normally have access to it.

Q&A: Meet Musah Fuseini, Dagbani language activist

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

1 day ago

For how long? Aramaic language and its enduring legacy in Syria

Written by Rami Alhames

3 weeks ago

‘I don't want to folklorize Quechua,’ says Bolivian TikToker who seeks to normalize its use online

Written by María Alvarez Malvido Translated by Rowan Glass

3 weeks ago

Empowering Tzeltal people through language, flavors and income

Written by Cristina Agustina Álvarez Díaz Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

3 weeks ago

Stories about Rising Voices

A group of Nigerian linguists are training AI tools on Yoruba language dialects

We wanted to ensure that low-resourced dialects of low-resourced languages are also represented in technology.

Written by Abdulrosheed Fadipe

1 week ago

Indigenous and Afro-descendant media in Mexico demand conditions to guarantee their sustainability and autonomy

Indigenous and Black-owned Mexican media join forces to improve public policy

Written by Global Voices América Latina Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

2 weeks ago

Q&A: Meet Rafiki and Rafif, Betawi language activists

An interview with active contributors to the Betawi Wikimedia projects

Written by Ramzy Muliawan

2 weeks ago

‘I dream of seeing children no longer afraid to speak their own language,’ says Mayan language activist Nehemias Chablé

With newsletters, Chablé wants to strengthen Mayan language online

Written by Nehemias Chable Hau Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

3 weeks ago

Indigenous-led journalism to strengthen the Tzeltal language

Juan Vázquez Méndez is training the youth to become local journalists

Written by Juan Vázquez Méndez Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

3 weeks ago

‘Linguistic and cultural diversity defines our shared humanity,’ says young Mayan language activist

Language is a window to the Ch'ol worldview

Written by José Raúl Sánchez Pérez Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

3 weeks ago

The Mayan words for food, astronomy, agriculture and medicine

Preserving ancestral knowledge through audiovisual material

Written by Roger Israel Kuyoc Tuz Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

15 February 2025

Rescuing our Mayan traditions through micro-documentaries

Indigenous youth must see the value of their languages and culture

Written by Yamily Abigail Hu Yama Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

10 February 2025

Announcing the Indigenous Language Digital Activism Summit: Join us in Mexico City on March 15!

Spaces for peer learning and exchange between Indigenous language digital activists from across Mexico

Written by Rising Voices

10 February 2025

Interview with the author of a new French–Ewe dictionary in Togo

The Ewe language is spoken by more than 7.5 million people across Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

Written by Jean Sovon Translated by Jean-Christophe Brunet

29 January 2025

Preserving the Tzotzil worldview through video games

Technology as the bridge between the past and the future

Written by Manuel De Jesús Pérez Pérez Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

24 January 2025

Digital didactic materials to strengthen Tzeltal writing

Tzeltal teaching materials help preserve the Indigenous language and generate meaningful learning during childhood.

Written by Juan Carlos Gómez Pérez Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

5 January 2025

Rising Voices: Listening to the world on its own terms

An update from the Global Voices summit in Nepal

Written by Ethan Zuckerman

21 December 2024

Kin t'anik in na'tsil t'aan yéetel ka'anal óolil. The roots of my Mayan language

Strengtheningthe Mayan language and worldview of the children of Dzitbalché

Written by Carlos Alberto Chi Chan Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

30 November 2024

Preserving the Ch'ol language through theatre and digital media

My language is planted in a seed

Written by Marlene Sánchez Guzmán Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

23 November 2024

Why tech giants must do more for African language inclusion

Exclusion of African Indigenous languages from digital tools will further exacerbate the technology gap between Africa and the rest of the world

Written by Abdulrosheed Fadipe

18 November 2024

Meet the third generation of Mayan languages digital activism fellows!

Ten activists from different Mayan languages will be part of this program in its third edition

Written by Marco Martínez Translated (en) by Teodora C. Hasegan

4 September 2024

LIVE on August 27: Media and information literacy in Europe's regional languages

Insights from the Basque, Frisian and Irish language communities

Written by Rising Voices, Giovana Fleck

15 August 2024

Interview with Korean-Ukrainian podcaster Oleksandr Shyn about Taiwan's linguistic landscape

Taiwanese nationalism is detached from issues of ethnicity, race or language

Written by Filip Noubel

13 August 2024

Love, marriage and rebellion: Exploring feminist themes in India's Angika folk songs

'Documenting my culture has also been a journey to understanding it better ...'

Written by Amrit Sufi

25 June 2024

Getting to know Kensa Broadhurst: A Q&A with a Cornish language activist

Kensa will be managing the @EuroDigitalLang rotating X account

Written by Rising Voices

31 May 2024

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