International Year of Indigenous Languages

International Year of Indigenous Languages
ObservancesUnited Nations
Related toInternational Mother Language Day

The International Year of Indigenous Languages was a United Nations observance in 2019 that aimed to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "United Nations General Assembly proclaims 2019 as the International Year of indigenous Languages and invites UNESCO to take the lead". UNESCO. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ "A/RES/71/178 – E". undocs.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "E/C.19/2018/8 – E". undocs.org. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages IY2019 – Language Magazine". Language Magazine. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ Donovan, Sophie. "Get talking – are we losing indigenous languages? – Geographical". Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ^ "International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples – 9 August". United Nations. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

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