Barbara MacLeod speaks Maya—as in ancient Maya. How do you resurrect the sound of a language spoken long ago? Some dialects still spoken in Central America can offer clues, MacLeod believes. "We can ...
I've been living in Mexico recently where I've learned to speak the Yucatec Maya language, the indigenous language of the ...
A page of a historic Mayan manuscript, which depicts the Mayan calendar (Credit: Getty Images) Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories. Three ...
On a weekday morning, in an upscale area of Arlington, Va., the suburban silence is as thick as the foliage save for the hum of a leaf blower or an occasional car. In one of the homes, Sheba Velasco ...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – A group of Guatemalan musicians is on a mission to breathe life into a pre-Columbian language and heritage through a thoroughly modern genre: hip-hop. Calling themselves Balam ...
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Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories. Three days had passed since Aroldo's father died. Aroldo was still mourning, and he couldn't even ...
As immigration to the U.S. shifts from Mexico to Central America, more Mayan speakers find themselves stuck without translators in the court system. Wanted: Speakers Of Mayan Languages, Many Of Them ...