2019 edition of World Tribal Day (WTD)

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (or World Tribal Day) is observed on August 9 to front-up and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. The 2019 theme is ‘Indigenous Languages’. It was reported in the year ..

Tags: Ethnic groups • Ethnology • Indigenous language • Indigenous peoples of the Americas • Indigenous rights

Papua New Guinea has highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in world

Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, Country in Oceania has highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in world (840). Living languages stands for languages that are still being used and spoken by people. India stands fourth in list with ..

Tags: Ethnologue • Global Distribution of Languages • International Year of Indigenous Languages • living indigenous languages in world • UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Papua New Guinea highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in world

Ethnologue (a directory of languages) lists 7,111 living languages worldwide (languages that are still being used and spoken by people). According to it, Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has the highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in ..

Tags: Indigenous language • Indigenous languages • International Year of Indigenous Languages • Landforms • Language

21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development observed

On 21 May, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development was celebrated. The year 2019 has been declared ‘International Year of Indigenous Languages’ by UN General Assembly, so as to bring awareness to importance of linguistic diversity. ..

Tags: 21 May • International Year of Indigenous Languages • resolution 57/249 • UN General Assembly • Unga

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

2019 International Mother Language Day (IMLD)

The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is observed every year on 21st of February to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. Since 2019 is also the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL19), the theme of this year’s IMLD is ..

Tags: Academic disciplines • Cultural diversity • First language • International Year of Indigenous Languages • Language acquisition