Cenzontle sign with name and English <> Spanish Interpretation message sits outside of the La Esperanza office, the border is orange and yellow.
Corner of a window, border is orange and wall is bright yellow.
Cenzontle interpretation equipment sits on building border, the color of the border is orange and bright yellow.

Cenzontle Resources

Language and Colonization
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Language and Colonization

In the end, everyone decides how they want to speak. The suggestion is to consider the person you are talking to and ask how they want to be addressed: TÚ, VOS, or USTED, so that there is no division between people, as, ultimately, we are all equal—a fact the first peoples already knew.

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