On International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2025, a special celebration, Boldly Taking Our Languages into the Future, will be held at Solomon Islands National University Panatina Campus.
The event also serves to recognise the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032).
The day is being planned by SITAG and co-hosted by SINU.
The keynote speaker during the programme will be Dr. Michel Kenmogne, Executive Director of SIL Global.
SITAG is a part of SIL Global. Dr. Kenmogne has a PhD in Linguistics and is a minority language speaker from Cameroon.
The programme will include stories of languages in the Solomon Islands, around the Pacific and Globally.
The programme will be broadcast live via Zoom making the event available to a global audience.
Beginning at 10:00 am in the SINU Panatina Pavilion, displays and interactive language-related activities will be available for students, faculty and the public. In the afternoon from 2:30-4:00, a programme will be held in the SINU FEH Lecture Hall.
The public is warmly welcome to come and help celebrate local languages!
