“My Mother Tongue” (3): Laz

According to Laz expert Sapan, the language is at a critical point where it may be lost. The government is also ...

“My Mother Tongue" (2): Kurdish

Kurdish speaker Canan wants his children to grow up speaking Kurdish. Teachers are disillusioned with Turkish education system in Kurdish-majority Hakkari. ...

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“My Mother Tongue” (1) : Greek, Armenian and Ladino

The Greek population is dwindling, and the Armenian and Ladino languages have also suffered from assimilation policies over the last decades. ...

UNESCO Declares 2008 “International Year of Languages”

More than half of the 6,700 languages of the world are under threat in the long term. UNESCO says, “Language is ...

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