Ross Perlin 11/14/24 Ross Perlin 11/14/24

AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages

Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.

Winthrop Rodgers 11/14/24 Winthrop Rodgers 11/14/24

Saving Yazidi Song

In the face of genocide, displacement and technology, a new project hopes to preserve an oral storytelling tradition from Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight) 11/12/24 Teresa Grøtan (Tr. Caroline Waight) 11/12/24

Death in Grammar

“Oh, how I admire the capacity of the Spanish language to express uncertainty so precisely!”

Guka Han (Tr. Katie Assef) 11/12/24 Guka Han (Tr. Katie Assef) 11/12/24

Earshot

“Day after day, I kept turning up the volume of the music, but it only seemed further and further away. After a few months, it had disappeared completely.”

The Dial 11/12/24 The Dial 11/12/24

Editors’ Note

Issue 22: Language