Former President Trump's English-only mandate sparked concern among Indigenous language advocates. Despite historical suppression, Indigenous language revitalization efforts are gaining momentum.

Groups are joining Legacy Health to ask lawmakers to beef up the training and accreditation program for interpreters to help people access care, other services. This story was originally published by ...

Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects Serena Jampel More than a third of the world’s over 6,000 languages are at risk of extinction, and ...

Language researchers just released the latest version of the Ethnologue, which aims to catalogue the state of all of the world's languages, all 7,164 of them. Many of these languages are endangered.

Chelsea T. Hicks and Claire Campo are leading efforts to revive Indigenous languages through the "Words of the People: Rematriation Retreat", an immersive event designed for 100 Indigenous language ...

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There are at least three mobile apps devoted to the Navajo language, including one called Navajo Toddler (pictured) that’s targeted at younger tech users, according to Cronkite News. The app features ...

For more than 30 years, the United Nations has helped support research positions at universities to delve into the most pressing issues facing humanity: climate change, sustainable development, peace, ...

If you’re asked, “Name a woman” — who do you think of? Some people may say their mom, sister, friend or mentor. Others may say Marie Curie, Nichelle Nichols, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Catherine ...

Indigenous languages differ so much from the colonizers’ language of English they can’t be understood by simply replacing words. They make the speaker understand Indigenous philosophies of ...