There are more than 560 languages spoken in Latin America. Most are dying native Indigenous languages, including Quechua, Guarani, and Aymara. There's Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and, of course, the ...

A person's native language is often referred to as their "mother tongue." But does a first language always come from your mother? In a new study conducted by Associate Professor of Biological Sciences ...

After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think. Credit...Artwork by PABLO DELCÁN Supported by By Madeleine Schwartz Madeleine ...

When Christina Mangurian’s abuelita was diagnosed with leukemia, Mangurian and her mother were very involved in the older woman’s care. Mangurian would sit by her abuelita’s side in the hospital, and ...

Picture this. It’s 1983, New Year’s Day. Today, the world’s first outpatient clinic for AIDS opens, Ward 86 at San Francisco General Hospital. Four days later, the first AIDS cases are reported in ...

For the students of Navuso Primary School, International Mother Language Day is a day to celebrate the language of their homes, the words they first l ...