NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A new map details hundreds of languages spoken across the Big Apple, but many of them are on the verge of dying out. A building in Brooklyn is home to one of them. Fulmaya ...

Language City, Ross Perlin’s fascinating profile of New York’s endangered languages, begins with a mention of another city’s fabled landmark, where linguistic diversity came to represent “nothing but ...

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible ...

On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 6:30pm, join the South Street Seaport Museum and author, linguist, and co-director of the non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, Ross Perlin, for a unique look at the ...

Take a few minutes of your Friday to fall deep down the rabbit hole of New York City's jaw-dropping linguistic diversity. This interactive map is the product of more than a decade of research from the ...

Join Language City author and linguist Ross Perlin for a live talk about the endangered languages of NYC and the efforts to preserve them in a city where over 700 languages are spoken! - Discover the ...

NEW YORK - More than 700 languages can be heard on the streets of New York, but linguists say many are in danger of extinction. The Buddhist temple on 75th Street in Elmhurst is a gathering place for ...

NEW YORK -- The apartment building, in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, is a hive of nationalities. A Pakistani woman entered the elevator on a recent afternoon with a big bag of groceries, flicking ...

In the past year, you’ve probably stumbled upon the words “endangered” or “extinct” in the news, most likely in reference to some species at risk. While these extinctions are a concern to keep in mind ...

A book that charts how endangered languages are preserved in the modern world has won this year’s British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The annual Book Prize for Global ...