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A language that was declared to be extinct seven decades ago may be making a return. Ckunsa was the primary language of one of Chile's Indigenous peoples. As John Bartlett reports, today's speakers ...

Nearly half of the world’s languages are at risk, according to UNESCO.

New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects. On any given Sunday in New York City, an evangelical church of Guatemalan ...

A new data crowd-sourcing platform aims to preserve the sound of Romeyka, an endangered millennia-old variety of Greek. Experts consider the language to be a linguistic goldmine and a living bridge to ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. There are about 7,000 languages in the world, and they do more ...

Certain languages seem very common, even to those who don’t speak them. English, Spanish, and French are popular languages to ...

As of 2025, more than 7,000 languages are spoken across the world. However, only about half of them are properly documented, leaving the rest at risk of disappearing. Globalization has propelled ...

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, and the movement to learn it is growing. Ingrid Gaup braids dried "shoe grass ...

One of Chile's indigenous peoples is working to revive their primary language, which was declared extinct decades ago. In Chile, a once-extinct language is coming back to life SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A ...