Around the world, communities are working to preserve linguistic multiplicity, and these efforts contribute to expanding the opportunities for communication and enabling people to better understand world views and knowledge systems different from their ow

Meredydd Evans, professor of philosophy, writer, and performer has long been an advocate for the Welsh language.

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Surrounded by the UNUKUPUKUPU hula halau , I was once again struck by the centrality of the native Hawaiian language to the daily life and transmission of traditional culture

Christylez Bacon discusses the importance of improvisation in hip-hop and accepts a challenge to create a freestyle rap using ten random words.

Matthew Ramir, a student at the University of Illinois, reads two poems that he wrote about living with cerebral palsy.

This July I had the privilege to serve as an interpreter and presenter at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program Colombia: La Naturaleza de la Cultura

In her work with the Peace Corps, Frances Parsons has worked to promote communications for deaf people in communities around the world.

Blending the traditional Comcaac language, Seri, with the modernity of rock and roll, the Mexican band Hamac Caziim engages the crowd at the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Why do the Chinese have two words for the number "two"?