[lg policy] What you should know about the week dedicated to the promotion of Kirundi RegionWeek REGIONWEEK FEBRUARY 22, 2019 | 8 | 0 | Share Tweet Pin Share Share Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Gaspard Banyankimbona and Minister of Culture and Sport, Ms. Pélate Niyonkuru, enhanced ceremonies for the celebration of International Mother Tongue Day and the solemn opening of the week dedicated to the promotion of Kirundi under the theme: “Dukoreshe ikirundi mu guteza imbere inyigisho n’ubutohoji” (using the Kirundi language to promote teaching and research). Image Credit: Jimbere Magazine Those ceremonies were organized by the University of Burundi in collaboration with the Burundi center for reading and cultural animation. In his address, Higher Education Minister Gaspard Banyankimbona said that for Kirundi, which is the language of the Burundians, it has been found that the University of Burundi, which has language experts, must take the lead for its promoti
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
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