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<H1><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" lang=EN-US>Linguapax Award 2012 goes to Jon Landaburu, key figure in the dissemination and revitalization of the linguistic heritage of Colombia.</SPAN></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-US>Coinciding with the International Mother Language Day, Linguapax reveals the name of the winner of the only existing prize acknowledging the promotion of linguistic diversity.</SPAN></U></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=hps><SPAN lang=EN-US>Since</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US> <SPAN class=hps>1999,</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>February 21 is</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>celebrated</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>worldwide</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>as</SPAN> the <SPAN class=hps><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)">International</SPAN></B></SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)"> <SPAN class=hps>Mother Language</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>Day</SPAN> </SPAN></B><SPAN class=hps>with</SPAN> a view t<SPAN class=hps>o highlight</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>the importance</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>of linguistic diversity</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>multilingual education</SPAN>. <SPAN class=hps>As every year</SPAN>, <SPAN class=hps>Linguapax</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>-</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>Unescocat</SPAN> seizes this opportunity <SPAN class=hps>to announce</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>the name of</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>the winner of this prize awarded as</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>a</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>recognition</SPAN> to <SPAN class=hps>linguists</SPAN>, <SPAN class=hps>researchers, teachers</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>members</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>of civil society</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>who have</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>excelled in</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>promoting</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>linguistic diversity</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=hps>multilingual education</SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><IMG hspace=12 align=left src="https://pearl1604.utsa.edu/exchange/francis.hult/Drafts/FW:%20[lg%20policy]%20LINGUAPAX%20Award%202012.EML/1_multipart/1_multipart/clip_image002.jpg" width=176 height=165><B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" lang=EN-US>Jon Landaburu Illarramendi</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" lang=EN-US> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>(1943), Basque with French and Colombian nationality is a leading specialist in the field of indigenous languages in Colombia. With over 40 years of experience in the field, he has combined professional dedication with personal engagement in his work promoting linguistic diversity and linguistics ecologies in Colombia.<SPAN> </SPAN>He has come to be a key name in their protection and revitalization. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>His academic career spans two continents. Between 1983 and 1996 he supervised research, was professor and coordinator of scientific investigation in both France and Colombia. He holds a PhD in Humanities from <SPAN class=spipsurligne>Paris</SPAN><STRONG> </STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Sorbonne University</SPAN> </STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">(1976)</SPAN></STRONG> and was director emeritus at the Scientific Research at the National Center for<B> </B>Scientific Research (CNRS) in France. He founded and directed the master’s degree in Ethnolinguistics at the University of the Andes in Colombia. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Landaburu has also been a driving force in the promotion of study programs and revitalization efforts for <SPAN class=qex>indigenous</SPAN> languages within the Colombian government. He has worked tirelessly on many regional initiatives such as translating the Colombian constitution into several indigenous languages, training native leaders and teachers between 2007 and 2010, and directing a political-administrative center, which in collaboration with the Program for the Protection of the Ethnolinguistic Diversity (PPDE) of the Ministry of Culture, made way for the Colombian Native Languages Act (2009), which granted 68 languages (65 native languages, 2 creoles and Romany) special legal instruments to stimulate their preservation and revitalization.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>His main fields of research are theoretical and applied linguistics, ethnolinguistics and sociolinguistics, which have led to the publication of numerous research papers, over 15 books and a multitude of scientific articles, as well as the supervision of master theses and doctoral dissertations.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Jon Landaburu continues to advise local and international institutions and his cooperation and expertise is frequently sought by indigenous communities.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>The Linguapax Award recognizes Jon Landaburu’s human and professional contributions to the life of Colombia’s linguistic heritage, a work which is precious to everyone working for the world’s languages and paramount for a society of coexistence and genuine communication.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-GB>The award ceremony will take place next May 21st in Barcelona.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Titol3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings" lang=EN-GB>§<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Further information on Linguapax Awards at: <A href="http://www.linguapax.org/en/linguapax-award">http://www.linguapax.org/en/linguapax-award</A></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Titol3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-GB>§<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Further information of the International Mother Language Day at: <A href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/a_world_without_words_celebrating_international_mother_language_day/">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/a_world_without_words_celebrating_international_mother_language_day/</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=CA></SPAN>Alícia Fuentes-Calle<BR>Head of the Linguistic Diversity Department - LINGUAPAX</P>
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