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My Mother Has No Tongue

In a sequel to his debut story, a young Ghanaian writer tells an honest and humorous account of learning his mother tongue. Abraham Ofori-Henaku . I found this interesting factoid on the Cleveland Clinic’s website. A piece of report last reviewed by a Cleveland Clinic medical professional on September 3, 2022, stated the following: “It’s

Everything Happens for a Reason

A student from northern India musters the courage to learn her native Bhoti language from a college friend. Sonam Chhomo . “Does polyandry also exist in Ladakh?” I asked my friend Rewa* as we strolled around the college campus after dinner. We were both students at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, both of us hailing

It Takes a Community to Raise a Speaker: An Interview with Jordan Brant (Mohawk, age 29)

Interview by Luisa Maffi, Editor of Langscape Magazine, Co-founder and Director, Terralingua In June of 2019, I was very fortunate to attend a unique event: the HELISET TŦE SḰÁL “Let the Languages Live” conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (June 24–26, 2019). Organized by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation,

Learning to Write Our Native Language: The Nepalbhasa Ranjana Script of Nepal

Indigenous Languages

Story by Manju Maharjan and Yuvash Vaidya (Newar, Nepal), ages 23 and 28 We are Newars, the Indigenous people of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. We are worshippers in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions and belong to several different ethnic groups, but historically we all spoke a common language, Nepalbhasa. While the language is prevalent

My Missing Tongue

Indigenous Languages

Story by Abraham Ofori-Henaku, age 21, Akan (Ghana) . It’s been quite a long journey growing up in a society that very much holds on to its rich way of life — something that I always took for granted. And now, it’s all coming back to me in regret. Oh! Pardon me! Where are my manners? Hi there!