[lg policy] LINGUAPAX Award 2012

[Linguapax]

  Linguapax Award 2012 goes to Jon Landaburu, key figure in the
  dissemination and revitalization of the linguistic heritage of Colombia.

*_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._*

Since 1999, February 21 is celebrated worldwide as the *International** 
Mother Language Day *with a view to highlight the importance of 
linguistic diversity and multilingual education. As every year, 
Linguapax - Unescocat seizes this opportunity to announce the name of 
the winner of this prize awarded as a recognition to linguists, 
researchers, teachers and members of civil society who have excelled in 
promoting linguistic diversity and of multilingual education.

*Jon Landaburu Illarramendi* (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. He 
has come to be a key name in their protection and revitalization.

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 Paris* **Sorbonne University **(1976)* and was director emeritus at 
the Scientific Research at the National Center for* *Scientific Research 
(CNRS) in France. He founded and directed the master's degree in 
Ethnolinguistics at the University of the Andes in Colombia.

Landaburu has also been a driving force in the promotion of study 
programs and revitalization efforts for indigenous 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.

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.

Jon Landaburu continues to advise local and international institutions 
and his cooperation and expertise is frequently sought by indigenous 
communities.

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.

The award ceremony will take place next May 21st in Barcelona.

§ Further information on Linguapax Awards at: 
http://www.linguapax.org/en/linguapax-award

§ Further information of the International Mother Language Day at: 
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/a_world_without_words_celebrating_international_mother_language_day/



Alícia Fuentes-Calle
Head of the Linguistic Diversity Department - LINGUAPAX

UNESCO Center of Catalonia

Barcelona
a.fuentescalle at unescocat.org

www.linguapax.org

21/02/2012

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