Community Guidelines

Effective Date: September 2, 2026
Last Updated: September 2, 2026

Our Community. Our Languages. Our Responsibility.

LingoLocal is built to help people preserve and exchange local language.

Our community includes language speakers, learners, contributors, educators, researchers, communities and people interested in discovering and preserving local languages.

The quality of LingoLocal depends on the quality and respect of the contributions made by our community.

These Community Guidelines explain how we expect users to participate and contribute to LingoLocal.

By using LingoLocal or submitting content, you agree to follow these guidelines, as well as our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

1. Our Community Values

We encourage everyone in the LingoLocal community to follow five core principles:

🌐 Preserve

Help protect and document local and indigenous languages for present and future generations.

🤝 Respect

Respect language speakers, communities, cultures, traditions and different viewpoints.

✅ Contribute Responsibly

Submit information that you genuinely believe is useful, accurate and relevant.

🗣️ Share Knowledge

Help learners understand words, phrases, pronunciation and cultural context.

🌱 Build Together

LingoLocal is a community-driven platform. Everyone can contribute to making the language database better.

2. What You Can Contribute

Depending on the features available, you may contribute:

  • Words

  • Meanings

  • Phrases

  • Sentences

  • Translations

  • Conversations

  • Stories

  • Proverbs

  • Idioms

  • Pronunciations

  • Audio recordings

  • Language notes

  • Dialect variations

  • Corrections

  • Suggestions

  • Cultural or linguistic explanations

  • Other relevant language-learning material

Please make sure your contribution is relevant to the language or educational purpose of LingoLocal.

3. Contribute Accurate Information

We encourage contributors to provide information based on genuine knowledge and experience.

Before submitting a contribution:

  • Check spelling where possible.

  • Confirm the meaning.

  • Provide the correct language or dialect.

  • Avoid intentionally misleading translations.

  • Mention meaningful dialect differences where appropriate.

  • Provide context when a word or phrase has multiple meanings.

  • Avoid presenting personal opinions as established linguistic facts.

We understand that local languages can have variations.

Different speakers or communities may use different:

  • Words

  • Spellings

  • Pronunciations

  • Expressions

  • Grammar

  • Meanings

  • Dialects

A difference does not automatically mean that one contribution is wrong.

4. Respect Local Languages and Cultures

LingoLocal exists to support language preservation and cultural knowledge.

Please:

  • Respect native speakers.

  • Respect elders and language custodians.

  • Respect different dialects.

  • Respect cultural traditions.

  • Avoid mocking accents or pronunciation.

  • Avoid deliberately changing words to create offensive meanings.

  • Avoid misrepresenting cultural practices.

  • Avoid claiming ownership over a community’s language or culture.

Language diversity should be treated as something valuable.

5. Respectful Communication

You may disagree with another contributor.

However, disagreements must remain respectful.

Do not:

  • Insult other users.

  • Harass people.

  • Threaten anyone.

  • Bully contributors.

  • Encourage violence.

  • Attack people because of their identity or background.

  • Deliberately humiliate another user.

  • Repeatedly target a specific contributor.

Discuss the information, not the person.

6. No Hate or Discriminatory Content

LingoLocal does not permit content that promotes hatred, discrimination or violence against people or communities.

Do not use LingoLocal to promote:

  • Hate speech

  • Dehumanizing content

  • Racial or ethnic hatred

  • Religious hatred

  • Threats against communities

  • Discriminatory abuse

  • Extremist propaganda

  • Calls for violence

  • Content intended to intimidate or harm others

Historical, educational or linguistic discussions may be permitted when presented responsibly and without promoting hatred or violence.

7. No Harassment or Abuse

Do not use LingoLocal to harass or abuse another person.

Prohibited behavior includes:

  • Repeated unwanted contact

  • Personal attacks

  • Threats

  • Bullying

  • Intimidation

  • Sexual harassment

  • Stalking

  • Publishing someone’s private information

  • Coordinated harassment

  • Encouraging others to target a person

We may restrict or remove accounts involved in serious or repeated abuse.

8. Protect Personal Information

Do not publicly submit another person’s personal information without appropriate authorization.

This includes:

  • Phone numbers

  • Private email addresses

  • Home addresses

  • Passwords

  • Financial information

  • Government identification numbers

  • Private photographs

  • Private conversations

  • Other sensitive personal information

Do not use language contributions as a way to publish someone’s private information.

If you accidentally submit personal information, contact us so that we can review the content.

9. Audio and Pronunciation Contributions

If you submit a pronunciation or voice recording:

  • Make sure you have the right to submit the recording.

  • Do not record another person without appropriate permission.

  • Do not intentionally submit misleading pronunciation.

  • Do not use recordings to harass or impersonate others.

  • Avoid background conversations containing private information.

Pronunciation contributions should primarily serve the purpose of language learning and preservation.

10. No Impersonation

Do not pretend to be:

  • Another user

  • A language expert

  • A government representative

  • An organization

  • A community leader

  • A LingoLocal employee

  • Another person or entity

You may identify your expertise or community connection honestly, but you must not falsely claim authority.

11. No Spam

LingoLocal is not a platform for unsolicited advertising or spam.

Do not repeatedly submit:

  • Promotional messages

  • Unrelated links

  • Commercial advertisements

  • Repeated duplicate content

  • Automated messages

  • Irrelevant material

  • Content designed primarily to drive traffic elsewhere

We may remove spam and restrict accounts that repeatedly submit it.

12. No Fraudulent Contributions

Contributions should be genuine.

Do not:

  • Invent words and present them as authentic.

  • Deliberately provide false meanings.

  • Submit fake translations.

  • Manipulate pronunciation recordings.

  • Create duplicate accounts to manipulate contributions.

  • Submit automated or bot-generated contributions without authorization.

  • Deliberately misrepresent dialect information.

  • Manipulate community verification systems.

If you are unsure about information, it is better to identify it as uncertain than to present it as fact.

13. AI-Generated Content

LingoLocal may use artificial intelligence to assist with translation, language processing or other features.

AI-generated information can contain errors.

If you submit AI-generated content as a community contribution, you remain responsible for ensuring that the contribution is appropriate and reasonably accurate.

Do not intentionally submit false AI-generated information as genuine community knowledge.

Where applicable, LingoLocal may review AI-assisted contributions before publication.

14. Copyright and Ownership

Only submit content that you have the right to submit.

Do not upload or copy material that you do not have permission to use when doing so would violate another person’s intellectual property rights.

This may include:

  • Copyrighted books

  • Paid educational materials

  • Private recordings

  • Copyrighted audio

  • Copyrighted videos

  • Protected photographs

  • Other copyrighted materials

If you believe content on LingoLocal infringes your rights, please contact us.

15. Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

LingoLocal recognizes that some language and cultural knowledge may have special significance to particular communities.

When contributing cultural or traditional information:

  • Respect community practices.

  • Avoid presenting sacred or restricted knowledge as ordinary public information.

  • Do not disclose information that you are not authorized to share.

  • Respect community ownership and customary restrictions where applicable.

  • Provide appropriate context where necessary.

If you believe particular information should not be publicly available, please contact us.

LingoLocal may restrict or remove content when there are legitimate cultural, privacy, legal or safety concerns.

16. Educational and Historical Content

Educational, historical and linguistic discussions are welcome.

However, context matters.

Content discussing:

  • Historical conflicts

  • Cultural practices

  • Sensitive terminology

  • Historical discrimination

  • Religious or cultural traditions

  • Offensive historical terms

should be presented for legitimate educational or linguistic purposes rather than to promote hatred, harassment or violence.

17. Prohibited Content

The following types of content may be removed:

  • Hate speech

  • Threats

  • Harassment

  • Bullying

  • Fraud

  • Spam

  • Malicious software

  • Illegal content

  • Non-consensual private information

  • Sexual exploitation content

  • Child sexual abuse material

  • Violent or graphic content intended to promote harm

  • Terrorist or extremist propaganda

  • Content encouraging criminal activity

  • Copyright-infringing material

  • Deliberately fraudulent language contributions

  • Content designed to manipulate rewards

  • Other content that violates applicable laws or our policies

Some content may be subject to additional restrictions depending on the platform or applicable law.

18. Contribution Rewards

LingoLocal may provide points, recognition or rewards for eligible contributions.

Do not attempt to manipulate the reward system.

Examples of prohibited behavior include:

  • Creating multiple accounts to earn additional rewards.

  • Submitting duplicate contributions.

  • Submitting intentionally false information.

  • Using bots or automation to generate contributions.

  • Manipulating verification systems.

  • Exploiting bugs or technical vulnerabilities.

  • Coordinating fraudulent activity.

  • Submitting large quantities of low-quality or meaningless content solely to obtain rewards.

We may reject contributions, remove points, suspend rewards or restrict accounts involved in reward abuse.

19. Quality Review and Moderation

LingoLocal may use a combination of:

  • Automated systems

  • Community reports

  • Human review

  • Language review

  • Moderation

  • Verification processes

to maintain the quality and safety of the platform.

We may:

  • Review contributions.

  • Request clarification.

  • Correct content.

  • Edit formatting.

  • Mark content for verification.

  • Restrict content.

  • Remove content.

  • Suspend contribution privileges.

  • Suspend or terminate accounts.

Moderation decisions may take into account the context, severity, frequency and potential impact of the content or behavior.

20. Community Reports

If you find content that you believe violates these guidelines, please report it to us.

When submitting a report, provide:

  • The relevant content or contribution.

  • The username or account, where applicable.

  • The reason for your report.

  • Any useful supporting information.

Please do not submit knowingly false or malicious reports.

We may review reported content and take appropriate action.

21. How to Report a Problem

You can contact LingoLocal through our support channels.

Website:
https://www.lingolocal.in

Support Email:
contact@lingolocal.in

When reporting content, please provide enough information for us to locate and review it.

22. Appeals and Corrections

If your contribution has been removed or restricted and you believe this was done incorrectly, you may contact us.

Please explain:

  • What content was affected.

  • Why you believe it complies with our guidelines.

  • Any relevant linguistic or cultural context.

  • Any supporting information.

We may review the decision and restore, modify or continue restricting the content where appropriate.

23. Accuracy Does Not Always Mean Agreement

Local languages can have legitimate variations.

Two contributors may provide different:

  • Spellings

  • Pronunciations

  • Meanings

  • Translations

  • Dialect forms

This does not necessarily mean one contribution is fraudulent.

Where appropriate, LingoLocal may identify regional or dialect variations rather than removing one simply because another version is more common.

24. Protecting Language Diversity

LingoLocal does not seek to replace local communities as authorities over their own languages.

Our goal is to provide technology that helps communities:

  • Document language knowledge.

  • Share language resources.

  • Teach learners.

  • Preserve pronunciation.

  • Discover dialect variations.

  • Exchange knowledge between speakers and learners.

We encourage native speakers and knowledgeable community members to participate actively in improving the quality of the platform.

25. No Guarantee of Complete Accuracy

Because LingoLocal may contain community-generated, automatically generated and editorially reviewed information, we cannot guarantee that every contribution is completely accurate.

Language can be complex and context-dependent.

Users should verify important information with trusted native speakers, language experts or other reliable sources when necessary.

LingoLocal should not be relied upon as the sole source for legal, medical, emergency, financial or other high-risk communication.

26. Changes to Community Guidelines

We may update these Community Guidelines from time to time as LingoLocal develops.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Continued use of LingoLocal after updated guidelines become effective means that you agree to follow the updated guidelines, subject to applicable law.

27. Enforcement

Violations may result in actions including:

Minor violations

  • Warning

  • Content correction

  • Content removal

Repeated violations

  • Temporary contribution restrictions

  • Loss of contribution privileges

  • Removal of rewards or points associated with prohibited activity

Serious violations

  • Account suspension

  • Account termination

  • Permanent restriction

  • Reporting to appropriate authorities where legally required or reasonably necessary

The action taken will depend on the seriousness and circumstances of the violation.

28. Emergency Situations

LingoLocal is not an emergency service.

Do not rely on LingoLocal for emergency communication, medical emergencies, public safety situations or other urgent matters.

Contact the appropriate local emergency services or qualified professionals when necessary.

29. Our Commitment

We want LingoLocal to be a place where people can discover and share languages with respect.

We believe:

Every language carries knowledge.

Every community has a voice.

Every contribution can help preserve something valuable.

By contributing responsibly, you help make local language knowledge more accessible to future generations.

30. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Community Guidelines, content moderation or a contribution, please contact us.

LingoLocal
Operated by ITAMOTO Group of companies

Website:
https://www.lingolocal.in

Support Email:
contact@lingolocal.in

Privacy Email:
legal@lingolocal.in

Business Address:
NH415, Itamoto Building, H-Sector, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India – 791111

Quick Community Checklist

Before submitting a contribution, ask yourself:

✅ Is it relevant to the language?

✅ Is the information genuine to the best of my knowledge?

✅ Have I selected the correct language or dialect?

✅ Am I respecting the community and its culture?

✅ Do I have the right to submit this content?

✅ Does it contain someone else’s private information?

✅ Am I submitting it to help preserve and share knowledge?

If the answer to these questions is yes, you’re helping build a better LingoLocal.

Preserve. Exchange. Learn. Contribute.

Together, we can help protect local languages and make them accessible to future generations.

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