This article originally appeared in Yiddish. As most Forward readers probably know, Yiddish and Hebrew are by far not the only Jewish languages. Jewish communities around the world once spoke or still ...

BREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Corey Ledet, lead singer in Corey Ledet and His Zydeco Band, belts out lyrics to an old zydeco tune in Louisiana French while literally bending the accordion to his will and ...

If you look at the location of the country of Belize, you may not identify it as a Caribbean country. While geographically on the continent of South America, Belize is considered a Caribbean country ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It's playtime with Ronald Pierre Paul and his two daughters. Pierre Paul is Haitian but in his household, the kids get a heavy dose of English and Spanish since his wife is ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — It's the first of its kind in Florida and only the second in the country. Students at Rolling Green Elementary School in Boynton Beach are participating in a dual language ...

On the first day of school at Indian Pines Elementary in Lake Worth, sunshine beamed through the windows of Marie Delva’s bright and tidy classroom. On the white board, a message read “Byenveni Nan ...

Creole is the mother tongue in Haiti, but children do most of their schooling in French. Two hundred years after Haiti became the world's first black-led republic, is the use of French holding the ...

File photo of students learning in an elementary school classroom in North Carolina. The students who chose to participate in the dual language program will learn some subjects in English and some in ...

"Our culture has been appropriated so much and it's important and imperative that we keep the Creole culture alive." LAFAYETTE, La. — The second annual Creole Culture Day kicked off over the weekend ...