Chamoru Language News Today

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of profiles written to celebrate Mes CHamoru, also known as Guam History and CHamoru Heritage Month.

Students, faculty and members of the community wishing to carry on the traditions of saying the nobena, Christmas prayer and kånta came together at the University of Guam CHamoru Studies

I Hagan Famalåo’an Guåhan offered nearly $30,000 worth of tuition fees to help families enroll their children in Chief Huråo Neni Academy this school year, according to a news release

The CHamoru language has yet to make its debut on popular language learning apps such as Duolingo or Rosetta Stone, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of options when it

As with any language, having an opportunity to listen and converse with other speakers is irreplaceable. In the case of CHamoru, that experience is even more important given the contention

Growing up, sisters Angelana Sablan, 28, Ma’ina Ray Arceo, 22, and Mariana Arceo, 18, stood out in their peer groups as the girls who speak fluent CHamoru.

Editor’s note: As part of Mes CHamoru coverage this month, we will be sharing resources every Saturday to help those who want to learn the CHamoru language.

To kick off Mes CHamoru in March, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero proclaimed Feb. 21 as Mother Language Day.

For my path to learning CHamoru, I had the help of many people along the way. I did not grow up speaking CHamoru or really hearing much of it at

On Guam we know that an island Christmas has a feeling all its own, despite the cultural symbols around it focusing on regions with cold weather.