This article originally appeared in Yiddish. As most Forward readers probably know, Yiddish and Hebrew are by far not the only Jewish languages. Jewish communities around the world once spoke or still ...

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Corey Ledet, lead singer in Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band, belts out lyrics to an old zydeco tune in Louisiana French while literally bending the accordion to his will and ...

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Professor DeGraff is a professor of linguistics at M.I.T. He is a founding member of the Haitian Creole Academy. As a schoolchild in Haiti in the 1970s, I was forbidden to speak my mother tongue, ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — It's the first of its kind in Florida and only the second in the country. Students at Rolling Green Elementary School in Boynton Beach are participating in a dual language ...

On the first day of school at Indian Pines Elementary in Lake Worth, sunshine beamed through the windows of Marie Delva’s bright and tidy classroom. On the white board, a message read “Byenveni Nan ...

If you look at the location of the country of Belize, you may not identify it as a Caribbean country. While geographically on the continent of South America, Belize is considered a Caribbean country ...

File photo of students learning in an elementary school classroom in North Carolina. The students who chose to participate in the dual language program will learn some subjects in English and some in ...

Taiwan is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. A total of 26 languages are spoken on the island, which includes Mandarin Chinese, the official language, Cantonese, English, ...

Beginning this quarter, the College is offering a new minor in Kreyòl and Haitian studies, housed in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. The minor program was developed by assistant ...