Category: Cultura

Jefri Lindo, who is fluent in K’iche’, uses Ulëw’s Instagram account to teach thousands of followers how to pronounce common phrases.

A hint of mischief, and a little guessing game. Prior to interviewing her, I exchanged texts with Caoimhe Ní Shúilleabhán, setting up time and place for our rendezvous. Her final text concluded with the letters GRMA. After some head-scratching and brow-furrowing, I worked it out – Go Raibh Maith Agat. There it was, obvious, a phrase familiar to anyone who has passed through the Irish school system – thanks, or GRMA.

De una lengua nacida en la meseta castellana a uno de los idiomas más hablados del mundo. La historia del español es también la historia de colonización, herencia e imperio, que hoy une a más de 500 millones de personas.