Aldo Barriente will continue his studies in the Mayan language as the University of Virginia’s seventh Beinecke Scholar. The Lithia Springs, Georgia, native, a third-year linguistics and computer ...

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 ...

#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in Mexico. Read the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan Language ...

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 ...

#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in Mexico. Read the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan Language ...

I am writing this in Mérida, Mexico, where my husband and I lucked out in avoiding the snowstorm that hit the Northeast this week. We are baking in the Yucatán sunshine and visiting nearby Mayan sites ...

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 ...

A view of Guatemala's Huehuetenango Department. Many native Q'anjob'al speakers of Guatemalan origin are from that department, or have family roots there. A group of Lake Worth high schoolers who call ...

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