They have a language of their own. Some of the words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims are often unwilling or unable to seek help.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

As the last speakers of a language die off, the valuable information contained within a language also disappears.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

They also provided a member of the Ybytso Ishir community with training and a Language Technology Kit.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Helen Arzola teaches the youngest children. "A child before eight is a language learning machine.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

All day Miss Sullivan kept touching Helen's hand, spelling words that gave Helen a language.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Sometimes a language disappears immediately when the last person speaking it dies.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The orthography is the written system and spelling of a language.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

They include poverty, a language barrier and immigration issues.

VOA: special.2010.11.25

So this is the time to learn a language."

VOA: special.2010.06.17

But with threats, a language barrier and fear of the legal system, victims often do not or are unable to seek help.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

U.S.Army officers say a language barrier impedes American efforts to impart this vital lesson.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

Director Roxana Silbert, "What's great about what we're doing is it allows them to come to it in their own terms and of course the thing that young people find most alienating about Shakespeare is the language, which feels like a different language to them and this isn't in anyway attempting to copy Shakespeare's language - it's written by young people in a language they would use."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

But what we're finding is that all this time we've been ignoring the fact that they're actually learning a new language."

VOA: special.2011.04.13