Linguapax Prize


The International Linguapax Award is awarded annually on International Mother Language Day by Linguapax "which recognises and awards the actions carried out in different areas in favour of the preservation of linguistic diversity, revitalization and reactivation of linguistic communities and the promotion of multilingualism".
Candidates are individuals of the academic community and civil society as well as entities or collectives. Nominations for each year's prize are usually made public on 21 February of each year.
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Linguapax Award Winners

The International Linguapax Award was first given in 2002.
YearNameAffiliationCountry
2002Bartomeu MeliàTeko GuaraníSpain, Paraguay
2002Jerzy SmoliczUniversity of AdelaidePoland, Australia
2003Aina MollInstitute Joan AlcoverSpain
2003Tove Skutnabb-KangasUniversity of RoskildeFinland, Denmark
2004Fernand de VarennesMurdoch UniversityCanada, Australia
2004Joshua FishmanYeshiva University, Stanford UniversityUnited States
2005Maurice TadadjeuUniversity of Yaoundé ICameroon
2006Natividad MutumbajoyEscuela YachaicuryColombia
2007Maya Khemlani DavidUniversity of MalayaMalaysia
2008Neville AlexanderPRAESASouth Africa
2009Katerina Te Heikoko MatairaTe AtaarangiNew Zealand
2010Miquel Siguan i SolerUniversity of BarcelonaSpain
2010Robert PhillipsonCopenhagen Business SchoolUK, Denmark
2011G. N. DevyGujaratIndia
2011Centro Indígena de Investigaciones Interculturales de TierradentroCaucaColombia
2012Jon Landaburu IllaremendiColombia, France
2013Ledikasyon pu TravayerMauritius
2014Valencia, Spain
2015Xavier AlboFundación Xavier AlboBolivia
2016Yambirrpa School Council and Dijarrma Action GroupAustralia
2016International and Heritage Languages AssociationCanada
2017Matthias BrenzingerCentre for African Linguistic DiversitySouth Africa, Germany
2018BASAbaliIndonesia
2019Larry KimuraUniversity of HawaiʻiHawaii
2020Marja-Liisa OlthuisOulu UniversityFinland
2021Idara Baraye Taleem-o-TaraqiPakistan
2022ADN Maya collectiveMexico
2023Abduweli AyupChina, Norway