We have been inundated with announcements from UNESCO and other bodies that the Igbo language is endangered and may face ...

The history of the Yuracaré can be told through their refusal to integrate with Bolivia’s colonial system. They settled on the border between the country’s mountain foothills and its plains and ...

In TikTok videos viewed tens of thousands of times, 31-year-old Dan Sheena dons a blond wig and acts out skits of a bickering ...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Thursday, appointed four professors under its Professorial Endowment Chair initiative to prevent the extinction of the Igbo language.

The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, John Azuta-Mbata, has cautioned that the Igbo language risks extinction if decisive and collective steps are not taken to revitalise it. He gave the ...

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 ...

Language is one of the most defining aspects of human civilization. It has shaped cultures, preserved histories, and ...

A dancer entertains guests during the opening of the 2023 Devolution Conference in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Language matters spiritually, culturally and emotionally.

1 A World of Many (Fewer) Voices -- 2 An Extinction of (Ideas about) Species -- Case Study: Vanishing Herds and Reindeer Words -- 3 Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning -- Case ...