Language is the primary medium through which communities express both their identity and their cultural heritage. More importantly, it is a means of transmitting local knowledge, cultural and social values, and collective memory. Language is also involved in all forms of oral expression of heritage. In this short episode of the Khartoum Podcast, we explore the topic of language as a repository of local heritage, culture, and indigenous knowledge. The second season of the Khartoum Podcast was produced as part of the #OurHeritageOurSudan campaign, funded by the Safeguarding Sudan’s Living Heritage Project.This short episode on Language and Culture from Khartoum Podcast is now available on all platforms.The speaker in the new episode on Language and Heritage is Sandios Kudi, a writer, lecturer at the University of Khartoum and an arts and culture enthusiast. The episode also features an audio clip of Mohamed El Amin from the film Amal Band, produced by Nas Shagala Campaign and Klozium Studios. Mohamed El Amin is a music professor and founder of the Omkar Research Center, which is interested in documenting the Beja heritage and the Bidhaawyeet language in eastern Sudan.