A language that was declared to be extinct seven decades ago may be making a return. Ckunsa was the primary language of one of Chile's Indigenous peoples. As John Bartlett reports, today's speakers ...
An Irish proverb advises that it is often wise for one to hold his tongue. An té is ciúine is é is buaine, or “he who is silent is the stronger.” But that ancestral wisdom isn’t the best policy when ...
NEW YORK - More than 700 languages can be heard on the streets of New York, but linguists say many are in danger of extinction. The Buddhist temple on 75th Street in Elmhurst is a gathering place for ...
It’s estimated that there are over 7,000 documented languages spoken across the world. Yet around half of these languages are endangered. Between 1950 and 2021, around 230 languages were wiped from ...
The disappearance of a mother tongue erodes cultural identity, community well-being, unique ecological knowledge systems, and ...
Join Language City author and linguist Ross Perlin for a live talk about the endangered languages of NYC and the efforts to preserve them in a city where over 700 languages are spoken! - Discover the ...
A £2.m project is being launched to help preserve the "endangered" Cornish language and encourage more young people to speak it. It will see Cornish speakers helping to create "immersive experiences ...
In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, and the movement to learn it is growing. Ingrid Gaup braids dried "shoe grass ...
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