Developed by the translation and Linguistic Rights Committee, the Girona Manifesto is a ten point document designed to be translated and disseminated widely as a tool to defend linguistic diversity around the world. At PEN International’s 77th annual Congress the PEN General Assembly approved the Manifesto.
PEN members have translated the Manifesto into various languages; we encourage you to translate it into your own and continue raising awareness about the need to protect and promote linguistic diversity.
For more information read the press release from the 77th PEN International Congress.
Download the art worked PDF versions of the Girona Manifesto in English, French and Spanish below.
Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights – English
Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights – Spanish
Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights – French
Read the Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights:
Afan Oromo: Manifeestoo Giroonaa Mirga Afaaniirratti
Afrikaans: Girona-Manifes Oor Taalregte
Akan: Girona Anodisem a efa Kasa Kyefa ho
Albanian: Mbi të drejtat gjuhësore
Basque: Hizkuntza eskubideei buruzko Gironako manifestua
Catalan: Manifest de Girona sobre Drets Lingüístics
Cornish: DERIVADOW GIRONA WAR WIRYOW YETHONIETHEL
Mauritian Creole: Bann Drwa Lingwistik Manifest Gérone
Croatian: Gironski Manifest o Jezičnim Pravima
Danish: Girona manifestet om sproglige rettigheder
Finnish: Gironan manifesti kielellisistä oikeuksista
Galician: Manifesto de Girona sobre Dereitos Lingüísticos
German: Das Manifest von Girona bestätigt die grundlegenden Prinzipien der Sprachrechte
Girona Manifesto (Hungarian): Gironai nyilatkozat az nyelvi jogokról (magyarul)
Haitian Creole: Manifès Gérone nan
Icelandic: Tungumálaréttindi Stefnuskráin frá Girona
Irish: Forógra Girona ar Chearta Teanga
Italian: Manifesto di Girona sui Diritti Linguistici
Japanese: 国際ペン ― 言語権利に関するジローナ声明
Kazakh: Халықаралық ПЕН-клубтың Тіл құқықтары жөніндегі манифесті
Kyrgyz: Эл аралык ПЕН-клуб дүйнөнүн жазуучуларын бириктирет
Macedonian: МАНИФЕСТ ЗА ЈАЗИЧНИТЕ ПРАВА ОД ЖИРОНА
国际笔会保护语言多样性吉罗纳宣言（Girona Menifesto in Mandarin）
Mayan: U ya’almaj t’aanil Girona tu yóok’ol páajtalilo’ob ti’ t’aano’ob
Ndebele: iManifesto yeGirona yamaLungelo wamaLimi
Occitan: Declaracion del PEN per l’aparament de la diversitat linguistica
Persian: در باره حقوق زبان ها Girona متن بیانیه
Polish: Deklaracja Praw Językowych, uchwalona w Gironie
Portuguese: Manifesto de Girona sobre os direitos linguísticos
Rhaeto-Romance: Girona Manifesto
Romanian: Manifestul de la Gerone
Russian: Манифест по языковым правам
Serbian: ĐIRONSKI MANIFEST O JEZIČKIM PRAVIMA
Sesotho: Boitsebiso ba Girona hodima Ditokelo Puong e Buuwang
Setswana: Manifesto ya Girona ya Ditshwanelo tsa Dipuo
Sepedi: Manifesto wa Girona wa Ditokelo tša Polelo
Shetlandic: The Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights
SiSwati: Mshicilelo Wase-Girona Wemalungelo Elulwimi
Somali: Maanifestada Girona ee Xuquuqda Afafka
Swedish: Girona manifestet om språkrättigheter
Tater: ТЕЛ ХОКУКЛАРЫ БУЕНЧА МАНИФЕСТ
Tigrigna: Girona Manifesto
Tsongo: MANIFESTO YA GIRONA EKA TIMFANELO TA TINDZIMI
Tswana: MANIFESETO YA GIRONA YA DITSHWANELO TSA DIPUO
Tshivenda: Manifesito ya Girona ya Nga Pfanelo dza Luambo
Uyghur: جﯩرونا تﯩل ھوقۇقى قارارنامﯩسى
Vietnamese: Tuyên Ngôn Girona về Quyền Ngôn Ngữ
Welsh: MANIFFESTO GIRONA AR HAWLIAU IEITHYDDOL
Xhosa: eGirona Kupapasho-Nkqubo Ngamalungelo Eelwimi
Xitsonga: Manifesto ya Girona Eka Timfanelo ta Tindzimi
Zulu: Izethula zaseGirona Ngamalungelo Okusetshenziswa Kwezilimi