Saskatchewan recently became one of four Canadian provinces that recognize sign languages as official languages with the passing of the Accessible Saskatchewan Act or Bill 103 in December. The bill ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new study found that hundreds of asylum-seekers placed in the Migrant Protection Protocols program spoke 40 different languages, including several rare and ...

An ancient Aboriginal sign language, being documented by linguists in north-east Arnhem Land, has received $20,000 from the ...

On average, every month across the globe, two Indigenous languages disappear, according to the United Nations. And 40% of the world's languages, mostly Indigenous, are threatened with long-term ...

Some people are surprised when they first hear about Australian Indigenous sign languages. While the broader community is increasingly aware of the richness of First Nations spoken languages, sign has ...

Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects Serena Jampel Key takeaways: Keeping Indigenous languages alive More than a third of the world’s ...

This piece was written by Elaíze Farias and originally published at Amazônia Real's website, on April 19, 2023. It is republished here, with edits, under a partnership agreement with Global Voices.

For more than 300 years, the Monterey Bay area has served as a cultural and linguistic crossroads where diverse communities have met, mingled, and exchanged ideas. One of the lesser-known but deeply ...

The root of my fascination with Indigenous languages can be traced to a rock band from Finland my brother listened to called HIM. When 12-year-old me heard them being interviewed in Finnish, I found ...