Linguapax Prize

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Linguapax Prize
Awarded for	Outstanding contributions in the field linguistic diversity and/or multilingual education
Presented by	Linguapax Institute
Country	Spain
First awarded	2002
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The Linguapax Prize is awarded annually on International Mother Language Day (21 February) by the Linguapax Institute to "to linguists, researchers, professors and members of the civil society in acknowledgement of their outstanding work in the field linguistic diversity and/or multilingual education."^[1]

Nominations for each year's prize are normally submitted in December of the year previous.

[edit] Linguapax Prize recipients

The Linguapax Prize was first given in 2002. For the first three years (2002-04) the prize was awarded to two individuals each year. Since 2005, one person has been recognized each year.

Year	Name	Affiliation	Country(ies)
2002	Bartomeu Melià	Teko Guaraní	Spain, Paraguay
	Jerzy Smolicz	University of Adelaide	Poland, Australia
2003	Aina Moll	Institute Joan Alcover	Spain
	Tove Skutnabb-Kangas	University of Roskilde	Finland, Denmark
2004	Fernand de Varennes	Murdoch University	Canada, Australia
	Joshua Fishman	Yeshiva University, Stanford University	United States
2005	Maurice Tadadjeu	University of Yaoundé I	Cameroon
2006	Natividad Mutumbajoy	Escuela Yachaicury	Colombia
2007	Maya Khemlani David	University of Malaya	Malaysia
2008	Neville Alexander	PRAESA	South Africa

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