Language of the Month

With St Patrick’s Day a few weeks behind us and March drawing to a close, we felt it only fitting that we feature Irish as the language of the month. The story of the Irish language, much like that of the Irish people, is both long and fascinating, and I hope to do it justice. […]

Spain is a country with many different linguistic and cultural wonders. There are several different languages spoken in the country, one of which is Aragonese. This language is also known as Aragoieraz, Altoaragonés, Aragonés, Fabla Aragonesa, Patués, or High Aragonese. This language is an Indo-European language spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in the Aragon

The Niimíipuu (“The People”) or Nez Perce are a tribe in present day Idaho consisting of around 3,500 citizens. It is a federally recognized tribe by the United States government (Nez Perce, 2018). The Nez Perce were a nomadic people, traveling with the seasons as they hunted buffalo (Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, 2021). The

Pipil is the only indigenous language spoken in El Salvador and is classified by UNSECO as a critically endangered language.

After 19 long months of being stuck in domestic travel, I was finally able to make it abroad last week. While I will not share my mother’s maiden name here, I can assure you the “ski” at the end of her name makes it abundantly clear that on my mother’s side I am nearly entirely

If you are following us on social media, you have seen that during my travels I do as much as possible to document indigenous languages throughout the world. While in some places information is scarce, I have noticed that a large number of history, cultural, and even science museums in the US are making an effort

Earlier this month, a fellow member of the Museum team (Linda, our excellent artist for the Philogelos jokes project) shared an article with me about a metal band. While this may seem a bit odd to share between colleagues, this particular band is raising awareness of the importance of the Amazon and its people in

I have made it relatively clear in the past that besides languages and traveling my main hobby is video games. (see these articles for how games have actually shaped my language learning!) Recently, one of my favorite series, Resident Evil, released the 8th game in the main series, and although it was fairly obviously the

When many of us think of the National Parks, the Grand Canyon almost immediately comes to mind. Although not the most visited of the parks – that honor goes to the Great Smoky Mountains – the Grand Canyon stirs images of pioneers, adventure, and a uniquely American road trip. However, on the western rim of

Throughout the pandemic, we have heard various news stories about languages and either their sad declines or their great revivals. From South American to Australia, all around the globe, language preservation has come to the forefront of linguists’ minds. With an accelerated decline in indigenous languages, they are wondering what can be done to start