However, this does not mean you have completely forgotten these native words. Rather, it just takes a bit longer for your brain to retrieve them, Dominguez noted. It's like your brain has to sort ...

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A new study found that native Arabic and German speakers showed differences in the wiring of brain regions involved in the processing of language.

Much of this 12.5 million bits of language information stored in the brain is not related to grammar and syntax, but rather is about word meaning, according to the study.

"Language holds our culture, and if you know the meaning then you know that world view. And each little morsel gives you a better understanding," says Diane Amour.

I mean, right now, the biggest enemy to the Cherokee language isn't what it used to be - colonization, dispossession of our lands, boarding schools. Those were all tough.

When I was young, I used to try to come up with the most ridiculous, untranslatable words in English and ask my mom what they would mean in Spanish. She would give her best guess, and I’d say ...

But they’re still with us.” So is their language—thanks in large part to unknown Native authors who adopted a new alphabet and found ways to preserve their own voices within a changing world.

I salute Ullrich, the Lakota Language Consortium and the many, many native speakers they collaborated with for 1,420 pages of glory. John McWhorter (@JohnHMcWhorter) is an associate professor of ...