{"id":6192,"date":"2022-03-23T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:46:14","slug":"endangered-indigenous-languages-find-home-on-worlds-most-translated-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/endangered-indigenous-languages-find-home-on-worlds-most-translated-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered indigenous languages find home on world\u2019s most translated website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SALINAS VALLEY \u2014 The most translated website in the world \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jw.org<\/a>, the official website of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses \u2014 includes content in more than 1,050 languages, including many indigenous languages considered at risk of dying out.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6193\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6193\" src=\"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JW-indigenous-languages.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JW-indigenous-languages.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JW-indigenous-languages-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JW-indigenous-languages-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hugo and Oliva Bernal use resources on jw.org to connect with the Mixtec-speaking community in the Salinas Valley. (Contributed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Central Coast, tens of thousands speak indigenous languages, such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Chinantec and Nahuatl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a vibrant, hospitable Mixtec-speaking community in the Salinas Valley. However, Mixteco families face the isolation that comes from speaking an indigenous language known to ever fewer people as the years go by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hugo and Oliva Bernal have lived in Salinas their entire lives. In recent years, they have come to know more about their neighbors in the Mixtec community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey traveled from Oaxaca, Mexico, to find work in agriculture in hopes of making a better life for their families,\u201d Hugo said. Unfortunately, life has brought many challenges and hardships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bernals have been learning the Mixtec language for nearly four years. Although not yet fluent, they are grateful to have tools to speak for them, including the new Mixtec translation of the Bible and videos from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jw.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTranslating indigenous languages is a labor of love for all those involved and for our organization,\u201d said Robert Hendriks, the U.S. spokesman of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses. \u201cThe work is challenging and time-consuming. But our goal isn\u2019t to make a profit, it\u2019s to provide the Bible\u2019s comforting message clearly and accurately to as many people as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI never thought that I could learn another language. When I was first introduced to the people, I fell in love with their humility, and I wanted to try to support them,\u201d said Oliva. \u201cI didn\u2019t think twice about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hugo and Oliva feel privileged to work together sharing the Bible\u2019s message of hope with this community. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely one of the best and happiest experiences in my life,\u201d Oliva said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Article submitted by Matt Dalida, Public Information Desk of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SALINAS VALLEY \u2014 The most translated website in the world \u2014\u00a0jw.org, the official website of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses \u2014 includes content in more than 1,050 languages, including many indigenous languages considered at risk of dying out.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inside-jw-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6194,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions\/6194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}