As the internet expands, clearing space for more cultures to flourish, the potential for language reclamation will grow. — Thank you to Daniel Bögre Udell for providing the history of the Tunica language and reclamation movement. This post stems from our recent panel session at RightsCon and pulls from multiple interviews and conversations. …

Our voice is a deeply personal part of our lives and our heritage. Let’s explore Appalachian English, often stereotyped, yet used by over 25 million people in the United States today. — *Specifically about the Northeast Alabama variety of Smoky Mountain English, since that’s where I’m from. I was born in Alabama and I didn’t think anything was wrong with my language. I pronounced “mountain” as “mounain” (linguistically known as consonant clutter reduction), I said “falling” as “fallin” (g-dropping from the end…

The Khoisan languages receive a lot of attention because of how rare click phonemes are to the world’s ears. In all of the world’s languages, only a handful implement clicking sounds. — As a linguist, one of the common questions I receive is about the “click languages”. This isn’t the most frequent of questions — that’s reserved for, “So how many languages do you speak?!” (note: a linguist and a polyglot are two separate things, and yes, many fabulous linguists are monolingual!)…

Here is a collection of blog posts we published this past month. Thanks to our interns for this wonderful work! Sq’éwlets: A Stó:lo-Coast Salish Community, and their Website In British Columbia, where the Harrison and Fraser Rivers meet, live the Sq’éwlets, a tribe of the Stó:lō people, who call themselves Sqwōwich — People of the Sturgeon. On a…

A journey into our heritage and the desire for a place to let a piece of one’s heart rest My mom called me the other day, just completely bored, restless. Her and my father are going into week three of their quarantine and she’s someone who thrives off of movement…

This video was recorded in Räni, Tartumaa, Estonia by Oliver Loode and Kristen Tcherneshoff, through a partnership with the URALIC Centre. …

The United Nations declared this year as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, a year dedicated to increasing understanding, awareness, integration, collaboration, and cooperation in all areas related to Indigenous languages, whether that be digitally, culturally, pedagogically, or politically. Do you want to get involved with the International Year of…

On Monday, January 28th, our world’s first International Year dedicated to Indigenous Languages was launched from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France. …

In order to build inclusive knowledge in our societies, preserve cultural heritage, and mobilize political will to work towards global sustainable development, Wikitongues aims to attain documentation of every language in the world. Currently our largest documentation output comes in the form of video recordings, referred to by linguists and…