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How our brains cope with speaking more than one language Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up.

Speaking An Endangered Language The race to save many unique and remote languages in danger of disappearing is a celebrated event – and it deserves the pomp and fanfare too!...

How your bilingual baby's brain handles two languages Babies are wired to acquire more than one language and tend to do so without too much bother

https://theconversation.com/kids-who-learn-clause-chain-languages-are-quicker-to-develop-complex-sentences-144740

Kids who learn 'clause-chain' languages are quicker to develop complex sentences In languages from Central Asia to the Amazon and New Guinea, stringing multiple ideas together is something children learn at an early age.

✨✨The summary report of activities carried out during the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL2019) is now available online! ✨✨

The Report shows that the was a great success, with the involvement of international, regional, national and local institutions that carried out activities in 78 countries.

👇Learn more at the link below:
https://en.unesco.org/news/taking-stock-iyil2019-78-countries-actively-promoted-indigenous-languages


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✨✨The El informe resumido de las actividades realizadas durante el Año Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas de 2019 (IYIL2019) ya está disponible en línea! ✨✨

El Informe muestra que el fue un gran éxito, con la participación de instituciones internacionales, regionales, nacionales y locales que llevaron a cabo actividades en 78 países.

👇Learn más en el enlace que figura a continuación:
https://es.unesco.org/news/balance-del-iyil-2019-78-paises-promovieron-activamente-lenguas-indigenas

The number of Native American tribal languages in California might surprise you A look at the languages of native Californians

Aboriginal women create mindfulness app in language, bringing outback meditation to the world - ABC News Women from Central Australia's NPY Women's Council create recorded meditations in Kriol, Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjiatjara languages to help combat mental health and trauma issues in Indigenous communities.

Coronavirus meets linguistic diversity - Language on the Move Before celebrating China’s Spring Festival, my husband and I were talking about new sources of local economic growth thanks to President Xi Jinping’s visit to Tengchong right after his first...

Upcoming Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032) to focus on Indigenous language users’ human rights Share this article Participants at the High-level event, “Making a decade of action for indigenous languages,” on 28 February issued a strategic roadmap for the Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) prioritizing the empowerment indigenous language users. More than 500 participants from 50 c...

PhD Student Makes History as First to Defend Thesis in Quechua - Language Magazine A doctoral student in Peru, Roxana Quispe Collantes, is the first to write and defend a thesis in Quechua. The indigenous language boasts over 8 million peoiple, is widely known for being the main language of the Incan Empire, and is the second most spoken language in Peru. Despite having many speak...