The Nation Newspaper

Speaking indigenous languages safeguards identity – Don

The Head, Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education (ASSED) Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Professor Oluwayomi Oladunjoye has expressed worry about the survival threat faced by the speaking ...
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'Don't underrate your indigenous language, speak it to your children' - Proprietor advises parents

Mr Richard Abodunrin, Proprietor of Top Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin, has advised parents to speak the native language to their children. Abodunrin, who made the call in Ilorin on Friday, July ...

Indigenous languages: The pace of extinction is slower than expected—but still alarming

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

Helping Indigenous restaurant workers in the languages they speak

Gustavo Molina, an undocumented, longtime cook in the Beverly Hills area, was at home in March 2020 when he got a call letting him know that he would no longer be needed at work due to the pandemic ...
Black Enterprise

Last Known Speaker Fights to Preserve South African Indigenous Language

When she was a girl in South Africa’s Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an “ugly language.” Now at age 90, she is ...
The Conversation

Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children

Carly Steele received funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language to conduct this research as ...
Mashable

Stunning animated game helps teach endangered Aboriginal language

Words are the binds that keep communities together, but many of Australia's First Languages are rapidly being lost. When combined with new technologies, however, they can be preserved and spread in ...
Fort Frances Times

Online learning offered for Indigenous languages

Inner-city students and their families are getting more options and flexibility to study Indigenous languages. The Winnipeg ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Indigenous poets at SLCC event say their languages have ‘right to coexist’

This story is jointly published by nonprofits Amplify Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune, in collaboration with Salt Lake Community College, to elevate diverse perspectives in local media through student ...
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How language creates barriers for Mexican Indigenous community

LAMONT, Calif. — When it comes to the immigration process among the Hispanic community, Spanish is the language that comes to mind for how best to communicate. In parts of the rural Central Valley, ...
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Speaking Up: Indigenous speakers fight to fund interpretation services

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One after one in their native tongues, interpreters, residents and workers addressed the Oregon Senate Committee on Tuesday to promote the passage of Senate Bill 612 and 911.
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'Don't underrate your indigenous language, speak it to your children' - Proprietor advises parents

Mr Richard Abodunrin, Proprietor of Top Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin, has advised parents to speak the native language to their children. mother-talk-child-serious-(Credit: The Children's trust) ...