CCARHUACC LICAPA, Peru -- Leila Ccaico walked slowly to the front of her class in a rural village in the Andes. Reluctantly, she faced her classmates, obeyed her teacher's orders and started to sing ...

Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically ...

Lima, Jun 24 (EFE).Lima, Jun 24 (EFE). — When the last Taushiro speaker dies, the language will never be heard again in the Peruvian jungles. Officials are working to prevent cultural tragedies like ...

The children sit rapt as Rosalbina Valerio, 77, recounts a traditional fable in her native Jaqaru, a language now so rare that it is spoken by only 580 people in three villages scattered along a ...

Renata Flores is a 19-year-old young artist and activist who sings in Quechua, the official language of the Incas She could pass off as another 19 year old in Peru if it wasn’t for her voice. And when ...