The Southern Ute language mirrors native dialects throughout the United States and Canada in that those who understand and speak it are dwindling. A small group of tribal members gathered in Ignacio ...

In 1993, author Ray Cunningham, a North Alabama native, put out an updated edition of his “Southern Talk, A Disappearing Language,” a book a newer update would likely be half the size of this ’un of ...

In an effort to spread Ute language fluency to younger generations, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Fort Lewis College are working on a program to certify more instructors who can teach the Ute ...

Faced with declining membership among millennials, the Southern Baptists are seeking to modernize their language. The denomination has adopted a new Bible with more gender-neutral terms. Southern ...

"I enjoy your articles about accents and speaking 'Southern,'" says Tim Smith, of Denham Springs, “so I must tell you one more. Many years ago, my wife and I hosted a foreign exchange student from ...

Bid farewell to the Southern twang. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But Georgians are high-tailing away from that grits-and-gravy drawl faster than a scalded dog. A collaborative study between ...

The Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board says it will no longer appoint missionaries who use a “private prayer language”—a controversial practice related to speaking in tongues and ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - On Georgia Southern’s Armstrong campus, students are working quietly to help alleviate the silence of others. “Students are taking it because they are curious. They want to ...