𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆 (𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩)- 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝟏𝟖 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

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 Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group (SITAG) and co-hosted by Solomon Islands National University (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 Theatre.

The public is warmly welcome to come and help celebrate local languages!

Please Direct questions to:

Mrs Martha Matzke

Email: martha_matzke@sil.org

Phone: (+677) 7666711