Wiki Loves Mother Tongue Campaign 2024
Wiki Loves Mother Tongue Campaign 2025 Make Languages Count for Sustainable Development
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21st Feb. - 1st Mar. 2024
Multilingual Education is a Pillar of Intergenerational Learning
International Mother Tongue Day is a globally recognized annual celebration of mother languages and usually celebrated every 21st February to promote and increase awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity of indigenous languages while promoting multilingualism. This global event was first recognized by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, which later paved way for it formal recognition by the United Nations General Assembly with the adoption of UN resolution in 2002. Everyone can participate!
In the 2024 edition, the Wikitongues community in partnership with the Wikimedia community will participate globally in the global commemoration and celebration of the International Mother Tongue Celebration. The basic aim of this project is to improve articles related to over 7000 languages across the world, ensure a continuous and consistent efforts towards the development and protection of indigenous language worldwide. Every activities and submission of contents must align with the theme of this years celebration.
Contest Outline
Create, Improve or Translate Articles Language Wikipedias & WikiData on:
- Local Languages
- Language Activists
- Mother Tongues
- Dialects
- Sign Languages
How to Participate
Sign-up on the event dashboard to keep track of your contribution.
Kindly sign your usernames below using the code#~~~~
Organizers
Contact us!
You can:
- Write us on our discussion page.
- Send us an email to wikitongues.org or hello
wikitongues
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- You can also contact Tochiprecious
Prizes
Highest Contributor's prize
$100Timeline!
The timeline for the Wiki Loves Mother Tongue 2024
- 21 – 29 Feb. 2024
- Online launch: 21 February, 2024 16:00 (UTC)
- Start for submissions: 21 February, 2024 18:00 (UTC)
- Deadline for submissions: 1st March, 2024 23:59 (UTC)
- Results Declaration: To be declared after assessment
What we won't accept
We won't accept articles that are:
- Out of project scope.
- Which lack reliable source of reference.
- Erroneous in translated version
- That are excessively processed and digitally altered.