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Reviving Arunachal’s Indigenous Languages through SLS

Across Arunachal Pradesh, dozens of indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing. As younger generations migrate to cities and digital content grows overwhelmingly in mainstream languages, the voices of small communities fade from daily life. BIRD, in collaboration with IIT Delhi and the Department of Indigenous Affairs, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, is working to change that through the project: “Indigenous Language Conservation & Promotion in Arunachal Pradesh using Same Language Subtitling (SLS).”

Why It Matters

Languages are vanishing:

Many are spoken by fewer than a thousand people.

Few resources exist:

Books, media, and digital tools in local scripts are rare.

Migration weakens connection:

Youth leave their villages and lose touch with their mother tongue.

Stories are fading:

Oral traditions, songs, and folk tales’ risk being forgotten forever.

Our Approach

We blend community creativity, technology, and storytelling to keep Indigenous languages alive:

Tribal languages: Idu, Adi, Singpho, Tawrã, Kaman & Tai-Khamti.

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SLS brings these languages to life again by making people see and read their language as they hear it in songs, stories, and films.

Supported by

IIT Delhi

Arunachal Pradesh

USA

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