The presentation will explore how diverse initiatives can complement one another to strengthen the Malagasy language in digital spaces. Key strategies include contributing linguistic data to Unicode and CLDR to enhance technical representation, participating in initiatives supported by organizations such as AFLC and SILICON at Stanford University, expanding open knowledge through Wikipedia and Wikidata, and improving language access through offline community initiatives such as Ainteny.
Rather than presenting language preservation as a single project, the session will show it as an evolving ecosystem in which technical standards, linked open data, open knowledge, media, technology, and community participation all play a role. The Malagasy experience illustrates how contributions at different levels from language data and digital infrastructure to structured knowledge, content creation, and cultural expression can work together to ensure that an underrepresented language remains visible, usable, and sustainable in the digital age.
