More than 40% of the world’s languages are in danger of extinction and 28 of those are Mayan languages that are still spoken today, according to the Endangered Languages Project. Typically, older ...

As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in ...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — An organization in Palm Beach County is working to battle cultural and language barriers to health care, making sure there is access for the local indigenous Maya community. Staff ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — There’s a population of Guatemalans in Palm Beach County who primarily speak an indigenous Mayan language. This makes it difficult for key information to reach those ...

Two of the Mayan Girls, Magda Francisco (in pink) and Ramona Francisco (in denim), gather around a laptop and phone to record a Facebook Live video about measles with Guatemalan-Maya Center outreach ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mam is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and Mexico by about 500,000 people. The Guatemala ...

Yazmin Novelo is a Maya singer, educator and radio show host who came to the University of Arizona to promote The Maya Maiz Roots Conference, taking place April 24-28. The five-day conference will ...

A University of Virginia language professor will join a colleague from the UVa School of Data Sciences in an effort to preserve two languages edging closure to extinctions. The National Science ...

Indigenous children from Guatemala who arrive at the border speaking little or no Spanish present complications to officials and attorneys who are... Language Barriers Pose Challenges For Mayan ...

It’s not the kind of Los Angeles County map people expect to see. Instead of geographic markers, it shows languages. The Pico-Union and Westlake areas light up with red and green dots for households ...