Linguapax protects and promotes the revitalisation of world linguistic diversity to contribute to dialogue and peace.
As an NGO in consultative status with UNESCO:- We endorse the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- We work in favor of cultural and political rights.
- We promote plurilingual and pluricultural education.
- We encourage and participate in linguistic revitalisation programs through the Linguapax international network.
- We analyse changes in social, cultural and political sensitivity in relation to linguistic diversity.
- We identify the new cultural expressions that emerge in contexts of linguistic diversity.
- We support linguistic diversity in the digital environment and examine the emerging ways of communicating.
- We give warning of the factors that threaten the global linguistic wealth.
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The International Linguapax Award is a yearly Prize rewarding work in the field of linguistic diversity and multilingual education. The 2018 winner is BASAbali, a collaboration of…
In this section you will find a selection of documents and materials published by Linguapax since its creation in different languages, including Linguapax Review, Teaching Units, conference proceedings and a selection of normative text regarding linguistic diversity.
Recent activities and recommendations
LINGUAPAX INTERNATIONAL, as an organization that works for cultural and political rights and wishes to contribute to dialogue and peace through the recognition and promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity, in response to the...
El lliurament del Premi Linguapax 2018, atorgat al projecte liderat per la Dra. Alissa Stern, BASABali, va tenir lloc el passat 1 de desembre a Bali. Aquest projecte, l’objectiu original del qual fou la...
As part of the activities of Linguapax Latin America, with a grant from CONACYT, a series of materials is being developed with original creators. Based on very popular musical genres in Mexico, such as...
Debate organised in the framework of the #Linguapax2018 conference, on November 20-21 at CCCB. Linguapax and the Year of Panikkar As the work of philosopher Raimon Panikkar reminds us, each language is a way...
The world is a conversation, not the object of our conversation. Those were Tim Ingold’s words from two years ago during his lecture at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, the venue where...
International Conference “Role of linguistic diversity in building a global community with shared future: protection, access and promotion of language resources” UNESCO, Ministry of Education, State Language Commission and National Commission to UNESCO of...
Languages evoke all manner of passion. From the intellectual elation of the linguist who sets out to describe a language whose grammar has not yet been formally ordered. To the visceral creativity of the...
Endangered Languages and the Land; Mapping Landscapes of Multilingualism – FEL Conference XXII (2018) 23-25 August 2018 Venue: Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding, University of Iceland Special theme: 20 years of Language Documentation...