UNESCO acts on many fronts to safeguard endangered languages and prevent their disappearance:

  • In education, UNESCO supports policies promoting multilingualism and especially mother tongue literacy; it supports the language component of indigenous education; and raises awareness of the importance of language preservation in education.
  • In culture, UNESCO collects data on endangered and indigenous languages, develops standardized tools and methodologies, and builds capacities of governments and civil society (academic institutions and speaker communities).
  • In communication and information, UNESCO supports the use of local languages in the media and promotes multilingualism in cyberspace.
  • In science, UNESCO assists programmes to strengthen the role of local languages in the transmission of local and indigenous knowledge.

Originally posted by   on October 1st, 2015 @ http://igalapedia.com