Noticias

Social networks are used to promote indigenous languages - 08/04/2015

The Academy of Indigenous Languages of Veracruz (Aveli) of Mexico has used social networks with the aim of strengthening, disseminating and promoting indigenous languages of the entity.

A videogame to learn the Colombian Camëntsá language - 07/31/2015

Ayda Mile España Jamioy, estudiante indígena de Ingeniería Civil de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, ha diseñado, junto a dos compañeros, un videojuego que permite aprender la lengua camëntsá, hablada por 5.539 personas.

A operating system based on free software is adapted to Mexican indigenous languages - 07/30/2015

Various Mexican indigenous communities are testing a new operating system based on free software to adapt it to their languages, cultures and needs. It is the Heliox Project, based on GNU/Linux. This project has been created to make technological advances available to more people.

Award for researching how bilingual children observe faces - 07/28/2015

Mathilde Fort, of the Pompeu Fabra University, has been awarded with 7,500 euros to investigate how early bilingualism affects the observation of faces by children.

The Maijuna of Peru struggle to protect their culture. - 07/22/2015

The Maijuna communities, Peru, has created a Regional Preservation Area to protect their culture and their language, one of the 62 of the country that are in danger of disappearing, according to the UNESCO.