Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Language, it is often said, is a window into the human mind. David Harrison experienced this firsthand as a young linguist in the ...

On average, every month across the globe, two Indigenous languages disappear, according to the United Nations. And 40% of the ...

The establishment of the Sentro ng Wika at Kultura (SWK) at the University of the Assumption (UA) will help advance the ...

As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English would be the ...

Native languages across the country are on the edge of extinction. A report issued this year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs says the country may be down to fewer than two dozen by 2050. One tribe is ...

An app to teach students the Navajo language. (Photo by Cronkite News) To support the revitalization, protection, preservation and reclamation of Indigenous languages across the United States, the ...

In the summer of 2023, more than 19,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfires swept through Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Emergency alerts were issued in French and ...