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New Americans find confidence, community and a common language on Syracuse's Northside
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (856+ words) As Syracuse’s Northside is home to several refugee and immigrant populations, resources for less common languages are growing in areas such as education, policing and city services. Language accessibility is essential for people to know the basics of everyday society,…...
Cherokee Nation chief says economic growth must preserve culture
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (493+ words) By: Katrina Crumbacher//The Journal Record//October 15, 2026// – The Cherokee Nation generates more than $3.1 billion in annual economic impact across northeast Oklahoma. – The tribe expects to spend $25 million sending 5,000 to 6,000 Cherokee students to college this year. – Hoskin said preserving Cherokee language…...
Language can capture intimate moments through untranslatable words
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (387+ words) There exists an economy of language of emotions and scenarios that we can describe but not necessarily express with a single word. These âuntranslatableâ words have no English equivalents, yet unify individuals regardless of their insufficient vocabularies. There exists…...
Cherokee Nation keeps its language alive through New Kituwah Academy
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (327+ words) CHEROKEE, N.C. (WLOS) — The New Kituwah Academy in Western North Carolina helps young Cherokee students reclaim their language. Cherokee Nation keeps its language alive through new Kituwah Academy As the nation marks America’s 250th anniversary, the Cherokee people of western North Carolina…...
Subtle Differences in the Shape of Our Vocal Tracts May Help Explain Why Humans Speak Thousands of Languages
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (879+ words) No two people build a vowel the same way. A new study using real-time MRI scans of people speaking found that speakers with differently shaped vocal tracts move their tongues, lips and jaws in noticeably different ways to make the…...
The Appalachian dictionary of no
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (924+ words) I often find myself thinking back to those wonderful days of childhood. Those memories almost always bring a smile to my face. Even the times I misbehaved and got punished, […] The Appalachian dictionary of no Published 1:50 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2026 I…...
Human language diversity may have surprising biological roots
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (694+ words) Scientists discover how differences in human vocal tract anatomy may help explain why the world's languages sound so different. Every person on the planet speaks with a vocal tract that is slightly different from everyone else’s. The tube of flesh,…...
Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1051+ words) 10/04/2023 By | Kathy Hovis, A&S Communications This summer, Jim Wikel, a member of the Gayogohó:nǫˀ diaspora who now lives in Oregon, traveled to his ancestral homeland in New York for the first time, to learn his ancestral language with…...
Events celebrate history of languages throughout America
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (553+ words) Smoke dancers, American Sign Language (ASL) poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrate the importance of language throughout U.S. history. “Language, Memory, Future: Celebrating 250 Years of Language in Our Region” will take…...