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Language · August, 2025

Stories about Language from August, 2025

‘The body as a stage for human relationships‘: A literary perspective by Togolese writer Sami Tchak

Travelling for work is not the life of a traveller.

Written by Filip Noubel, Jean Sovon

Translated by Jean-Christophe Brunet

27 August 2025

Two alphabets, one struggle: How Kurdish communities are building a digital future

Kurdish activist Mohammed Sardar on language, memory, and digital resistance

Written by Eduardo Avila

27 August 2025

A living archive: 42 Indigenous languages in Bangladesh preserved under one online portal

‘Multiling.cloud is an important digital repository for the preservation and promotion of Bangladesh's multilingual diversity’

Written by Nurunnaby Chowdhury

Translated by Nurunnaby Chowdhury

24 August 2025

Indigenous digital activists in Mexico assert their self-determination with regard to artificial intelligence

The AI+Languages Forum brought together digital activists to call for technologies aligned with their values

Written by Mercedes Caso

Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

22 August 2025

A film shares the challenges of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic

The film touches on language barriers, LGBTQ+ issues, and the generational differences within immigrant families

Written by Filip Noubel

17 August 2025

Workshop report: Design your road map for Angika Language digital activism in Bihar, India

The organizers arranged for a follow-up online workshop due to overwhelming enthusiasm from the participants

Written by Amrit Sufi

11 August 2025

Tyap Wikimedia User Group: Revitalizing Nigeria's Tyap language with digital tools and platforms

‘If the elders couldn't speak the language fluently as of 2007, imagine the current state of the language.’

Written by Abdulrosheed Fadipe

8 August 2025

The colonizer still lives in Nigeria through me

‘My life has been shaped by systems far from my cultural heritage’

Written by Pamela Ephraim

6 August 2025

Wursita: Paving a path to promote the Javanese language in digital spaces

Javanese is a widely spoken yet unrecognized and underrepresented Austronesian language

Written by Adien Gunarta

3 August 2025

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