UTQIAĠVIK — Edna Ahgeak Paniattaaq MacLean smiled when her granddaughter Sirroun carried a thick tome with two hands and put it carefully on the table before her. “I had some young people or teenagers ...

For one pair of sisters, a brisk day isn’t chilly — it’s “Chilean sea bass.” And for one couple, they don’t receive deliveries — they “got a parcel.” These phrases may be unusual to the average person ...

Carmel O'Shannessy has worked with Warlpiri people on language and education for many years. She has received Australian Research Council funding for language research about Warlpiri and other Central ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a recent online ...

You can manually add words to your Android device's internal dictionary if it doesn't already recognize them as real words.

The title of Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee’s film, “Marie’s Dictionary,” may not make it sound as thrilling as “The Last of the Mohicans,” but it has as much resilient spirit — and, possibly, character ...