Alex and Eleanor Duncan have taken their family to Afghanistan Strolling out along the narrow tracks between the streams and the golden wheat harvest, Dr Alex Duncan is clutching a set of children's ...

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OF the world’s 7,000-odd languages, almost half are expected to disappear by the end of the 21st century. Two culprits are usually considered responsible for this decline. The first is colonialism: ...

Seke. Wakhi. Yiddish. N’ko. Nahuatl. Lunaape (Lenape). These six languages are among the more than 700 languages spoken by New Yorkers across the five boroughs. What makes them unique is that they are ...

In “Language City,” the linguist Ross Perlin chronicles some of the precious traditions hanging on in the world’s most linguistically diverse metropolis. While Massachusetts and Virginia were ...

Afroze Numa is one of the last Wakhi shepherdesses keeping a centuries-old tradition alive Standing out in BBC’s 2023 list of 100 most inspiring women, Afroze Numa from the Karakoram Highlands of ...

For centuries, Pakistan's Wakhi shepherdesses have trekked to remote mountain pastures to graze their flocks. The income they generated has been pivotal in transforming their community, helping to pay ...

Three of the last Wakhi shepherdesses: Sakina (left), Thai Bibi (centre) and Annar (right) For centuries, Pakistan's Wakhi shepherdesses have trekked to remote mountain pastures to graze their flocks.