“How can Languages bring the world together?”
From environmental disasters to a pandemic, many human challenges are global and demand worldwide united action. How can Languages bring the world together?
Winners
1st Place - Catherine Duffy Prize $350
“As a Czech proverb goes: Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
2nd Place - Abdulhamid Alsheikh Omar Prize $250
“Language is our shelter because it contains our meaning. In language, we find refuge and we seek shelter. When we use words such as «Thank you» and «Sorry», we keep the roof above our head from falling.
And, when we use the wrong language, we destroy our chance of peace.”
3rd Place - Jasandeep Grewal Prize $100
“The neighbors I never knew I had, reason being their language, different than mine. What's there to lose, I'll go talk (…) The divide of the cultures, but the unite of what we speak. The language we made, the language we keep ”