What do we know about the language extinction rate?

When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.

Characterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. In this study, we combined statistical and social computational...

Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.

At Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School – the first Aboriginal bilingual school in New South Wales – success is judged by an unconventional metric: happiness

The new report noted that this can manifest in various ways "including language anxiety and feelings of shame (whakamā) for not being able to speak te reo Māori.

The new report noted that this can manifest in various ways "including language anxiety and feelings of shame (whakamā) for not being able to speak te reo Māori.

The new book Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education is more than the author’s vision to return to a time when Indigenous languages flourished in Canada. Loren...

Languages differ in how core argument roles are marked and in the cues guiding their real-time comprehension. This study investigated thematic role assignment in Pitjantjatjara – an Australian Pama...

I’ve travelled to my grandfather’s tiny home town of Toomelah to discover how words, stories, country and culture intersect

A smartphone game is part of a push to save critically endangered Nyiyaparli in the Pilbara, while an NT radio station helps keep Yolŋu matha strong

Aboriginal children are being born in Tasmania today knowing the sounds of their ancient tongue. They are the first to do so for 150 years

How have Indigenous narratives helped Indigenous peoples cope with and confront climate change? What does it mean to see and story climate change not so much as a problem, but […]

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Julian Brave NoiseCat, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer, about his new book, "We Survived the Night."

Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin, with Adam Rutherford

In the second of a new monthly column, UH Hilo Director of Native Hawaiian Engagement Pele Harman shares a timeline of significant milestones for Hawaiian language.

Rematriation has centered the voice of 9 Indigneous women in a short video series that shares stories of resilience, leadership, spirituality and healing.

Jaz Fusi has been passionate about learning Paakantyi language for most of her life. Now, she teaches it to her local school's teachers and is eager to see other kids do the same.

Bilingual production by Theatr Cymru is expected to be first time Welsh will be heard at South Bank venue

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Josh Nielson is looking to encourage youth to learn Michif

Environ 7 000 langues sont parlées dans le monde, mais celui-ci est dominé par une vingtaine de langues ! Qu'en est-il des autres ? En cette décennie des langues autochtones décidée par l'UNESCO, RFI…

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Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

À l’instar de la quasi-totalité des langues aborigènes en Australie, le gamilaraay, pourtant la langue de l'une des principales communautés indigènes d’Australie, n'est parlée que par un millier de pe...