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community life. UNESCO says that “books are in fact a means of expression
which live through language and in language” and stresses the importance of
translation in strengthening multilingualism, and the urgent need to “give
languages broader access to publishing, so as to promote the exchange of books
and editorial content, and thus the free flow of ideas by word and image”.
Publishers can contribute to the promotion of minority languages through:
• printing research, popular science and fiction books, periodicals and
translations in a minority language;
• promoting literary work in a minority language and its emerging
authors;
• assuring that libraries of educational institutions include books in
minority languages; and
• helping minority language speakers to acquire books, especially in
remote areas that are historically densely populated by the given
ethnie, and the diaspora outside the traditional settlement areas.
Public Organisations
Non-governmental language promotion activities include:
• establishing weekend schools, clubs and ethno-cultural associations
to provide supplemental linguistic and literary education;
• organising competitions, festivals and creative events to promote
cultural and linguistic traditions;
• participating in language and culture days in and outside the
traditional settlement areas of a given ethnie;
• participating in folk festivals; and
• communicating with and supporting a language’s expatriate
population.
Private Initiatives
Individuals and groups of individuals can also participate in language
preservation and promotion by:
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• establishing and supporting Wikipedia in minority languages;
• establishing and supporting websites, blogs, Twitter and other social
networks.