Ask a taxi driver in Kinshasa and a teacher in Mbandaka to say the same thing in Lingala, and you may hear two different versions. The Lingala language is spoken by millions of people across Central Africa, and its vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation vary from region to region. Those differences go back to the language’s
Classical Nahuatl and the Nahuatl spoken today belong to the same linguistic tradition, but they are not identical. Classical Nahuatl generally refers to the form of the language documented in central Mexico around the time of the Spanish conquest and during the early colonial period. Much of what linguists know about it comes from written
Working with a language that appears on fewer than a handful of interpreter rosters or in a niche academic journal is different from translating French menus or Mandarin textbooks. Yet, for many businesses, government agencies, and community organizations, those rare languages are the key to building trust, safety, and clarity. In this piece, we’ll explore
