In 2025, we gathered discourses from communities around the world that are revitalizing their languages. Specifically, we analyzed narrative elements from around 70 languages communities, using intersectionality as the main framework. The result of this work is a diagnosis identifying international discourses on language revitalization.
Socialization
The results of the diagnosis will be shared with the stakeholders in the Basque language movement as well as with other social movements in the Basque Country in spring 2026. In total, twenty working sessions will be held across the Basque Country, with more than 100 participants involved. A joint seminar will be held to conclude these sessions. The challenge of thos process is to connect language revitalization with other social demands.
Congress
In September 2026, based on the diagnosis and the socialization process, the BIHAR International Congress will be held. Over four days, global experts, activists, and artists will gather between Bilbao, Irun, and Hendaye. The outcome of this process will be to position language revitalization discourses globally in a transformative way.
Languages shaping the future
September 23-26, 2026
Bilbao, Irun, Hendaye
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Registration opens on May 11
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What is BIHAR?
BIHAR is an initiative that places narratives or discourses on language revitalization at the center. The process has three main phases:
- International diagnosis
- Socialization at the Basque Country level
- International congress.
