Language

After English, the second most widely spoken language in Austin is, unsurprisingly, Spanish. The City of Austin says “other Indo-European languages” are the next most common. But what exactly does that mean?

The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.

Terms related to pop culture, technology and the pandemic — like "zaddy," "5G" and "asynchronous" — are also among the latest additions to the online dictionary.

“People need to kind of just consider it the way we want to package and present ourselves to each other.”

From Texas Standard:In this month’s edition of Texan Translation, we’re looking at the unconventional Texas accent of retired professional basketball…

From Texas Standard:A set of symbols known as the International Phonetic Alphabet is commonly used to determine what speech sounds like. The IPA is used…

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Elijah Watson, news editor for the New York-based black culture website…