Language is one of our species' most important skills, as it has enabled us to occupy nearly every corner of the planet. Among other things, language allows indigenous societies to use the ...

Hundreds of years ago, there was a kingdom stretching from the west of what is today Georgia all the way to Russia's Sochi and Turkey's Rize. In 1982, all minority languages were forbidden from being ...

In the past year, you’ve probably stumbled upon the words “endangered” or “extinct” in the news, most likely in reference to some species at risk. While these extinctions are a concern to keep in mind ...

A new data crowdsourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...

Lagos politicians, including Lanre Sunmi Odesanya, Mrs. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Tolani Ali-Balogun, and Moshood Mayegun on Thursday, September 26, called for the preservation of the Yoruba language to ...

Dustin Morrow, a student earning his master’s degree in linguistics at the University of Minnesota, remembers the first time he heard someone casually speaking Ojibwe. He was 25 years old and ...

PUEBLO OF ACOMA — With fewer than 100 speakers remaining, the Acoma Keres language is on the verge of extinction. Few young people under the age of 40 have learned the language. If no action is taken, ...

Lagos politicians, including Lanre Sunmi Odesanya, Mrs. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Tolani Ali-Balogun and Moshood Mayegun yesterday called for the preservation of Yoruba language to prevent its extinction.

Thousands of languages are facing extinction, and researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to preserve and revitalize them. Can this technology save endangered languages before it’s too late ...

This series will highlight the personal journeys of language activists who are also Wikimedians, exploring how they are preserving, promoting, and revitalizing their languages through Wikimedia ...

WELLINGTON: When 34-year-old Tze Wee enrolled in primary school many years ago, he went to a Maori-emphasis class because of an administrative mistake. In the class, he learnt Maori words, songs and ...