# Language news, Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Compiled by Richard Brooks's language news desk. Canonical: https://richard-brooks.com/language-news/2026-10-14/

## Minneapolis fire threatens Minnesota's largest Dakota archives

Revival. A three-alarm fire on 11 October damaged the building housing Wicoie Nandagikaden and Minnesota's largest Dakota language archives. Elder audio on tapes and disks may be lost before digitisation finished.

Source: CBS Minnesota, https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/dakota-language-archives-lost-minneapolis-fire/

## Veracruz courts certify 30 Indigenous-language interpreters, first round in 15 years

Policy. Veracruz has 119 certified Indigenous-language interpreters but needs at least 300 for its courts and prosecutors' offices. The last certification round, about 15 years ago, produced only 7, mostly in Nahuatl.

Source: Elementosmx, https://elementosmx.com/tsj-avanza-en-la-certificacion-de-interpretes-de-lenguas-indigenas/