The name chikungunya means "that which bends up" in the Swahili language.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

And you can ask them any sort of question you want, and they'll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer right back for you."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

That's where I was born. That's where I grew up." "And I would say I am better in Spanish language than I am in English.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Researchers say that is when babies pick up the melodies of language.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

They were tribal members who came up with an unbreakable code in their complex language that was adopted by American forces in the Pacific during World War II and used to confound the Japanese.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

I think it is a combination of a very,very distinct special language on one hand and then on the other, she has really a story to tell about growing up in a dictatorship but also growing up as a minority in another country and also growing up sort of a stranger for your own family.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08