New research shows that a majority of Indigenous languages in America are endangered. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Native American language preservationist Alaina Tahlate. Language researchers just ...
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 ...
Priscilla Lewis holds two newly-printed Apache children's books on June 30, 2023. With help from The Language Conservancy, a group focused on preserving endangered Indigenous languages, Lewis recorded ...
There are roughly 7,000 languages spoken around the world. Indigenous groups speak more than 4,000 of them, despite making up less than 6 percent of the global population. These languages often hold ...
“We are still here,” said Alondra Mariano, a freshman majoring in pharmaceutical sciences and Native American studies, when asked if there was one thing she wanted the USC community to know about ...
Colleagues routinely describe Michael Running Wolf as someone who walks seamlessly between two worlds. As an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher at the software-development company SynthBee in ...
A member of Canada’s Mohawk community devised a new method to teach an Indigenous language on the brink of extinction. By Ian Austen SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER, Ontario — When Brian Maracle ...
Former President Trump's English-only mandate sparked concern among Indigenous language advocates. Despite historical suppression, Indigenous language revitalization efforts are gaining momentum.
Mark Turin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. N̓a̓ṇ̓gáinúx̌v - Robyn Humchitt has received funding from the First Peoples' Cultural Council in British ...
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, ...