Recognition and Awards

2026

Government of Makassar City - Contribution for Preserving and Developing Local Language via Digital Dictionary

WSIS 2025 BASAibu Wiki

2025

Winner of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2025 by the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity, and Local Content Category

Detik Bali Awards - The Leading Community Movers Award in the Bali Language Preservation Warriors Category (2025)

2025

Detik Bali Awards - The Leading Community Movers Award in the Bali Language Preservation Warriors Category

US Consulate General in Surabaya (2023)

2023

The Appreciation of The Preservation Commitment of BASAbali Wiki toward Balinese Language and Culture from US Consulate General in Surabaya

The IEEE Connecting the Unconnected - Honorable Mention (2022)

2022

The IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge is a new, global IEEE competition that solicits solutions from start-ups, grassroots organizations, universities, or anyone else that is working to bridge this digital divide in innovative ways.

Watch Our Presentation at IEEE 2022, click here!

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2021

Featured in the Interfaith Short Film Festival & Conference on December 7, 2021. These films, highlighting religious harmony in Indonesia, were part of a selection from over 45 global contributions.

2021

The Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival – Our National Geographic-supported animation of community developed superhero, Luh Ayu Manik Mas, was selected by the Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival as an official selection in the category of animations. Our animation was also a Staff Pick and featured on their Indigenous Language Animation Playlist

2019

UNESCO Confucious Prize for Literacy – The 2019 prize honors outstanding work in literacy and multilingualism.

2019

Kerthi Bhuwana Sandhi – Government of Bali awarded us this award for using digital media to strengthen the language and culture of Bali.

Twitter Emoji for International Women’s Day (2019)

2019

Twitter Emoji for International Women’s Day along with our superhero Luh Ayu Manik Mas emoji


2018

International Linguapax Award – Each year, Linguapax delivers an award on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day (21 February). According to Lingupax, “This prize is a tribute to outstanding action carried out in different areas in favour of the preservation of linguistic diversity, revitalization and reactivation of linguistic communities and the promotion of multilingualism.”

2015

Semantic Media Wiki of the Month in February 2015