UNESCO renews its Indigenous languages partnership with Motorola and the Lenovo Foundation

21 October 2026

The renewal was announced on 20 October 2026 under the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
Motorola and the Lenovo Foundation made a new financial contribution covering two priority areas over the next two years.
The first is the development of locally relevant National Action Plans for Indigenous language revitalization.
The second is support for the participation of Indigenous Peoples in international forums linked to the Decade.
Motorola became the first smartphone manufacturer to fully support Nheengatu, an endangered Amazonian language, in its user interface in 2021.
An Indigenous Collections App was launched in July 2026 with the Rainy Lake Ojibwe community, offering Ojibwe vocabulary, oral histories and narratives.
Mariya Gabriel of UNESCO, Janine Oliveira of Lenovo and Ojibwe language educator Jason Jones spoke on the partnership.