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Indigenous languages
Coverage of Indigenous languages in the Nexus archive.
- Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
A 12-year-old in Michigan is working with a mentor to preserve the endangered Anishinaabemowin language through robotics. The initiative involves teaching coding and electrical circuitry to create robots that speak Indigenous languages.
- South Africa: Language Matters for Disaster Warnings - This Community Didn't Get Useful Flood Alerts
In South Africa, disaster warnings often fail to reach communities that speak minority or Indigenous languages, as highlighted by ineffective flood alerts. Despite modern communication tools like smartphones and sirens, these groups remain underserved.