State and local offices across Washington are now under direction to remove “alien” from statutes. Instead, instances of that ...

A new dialect has been emerging from certain parts of Miami due to cultural intermingling between Spanish and English speakers. The distinct dialect is a Spanish-influenced dialect of English, born ...

This small but powerful moment captures the promise of multilingual education and the challenge of making it real across ...

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, classes from around the world took part in this event. Experts shared their insights to encourage the preservation and promotion of mother tongues ...

There’s always a song to sing, but first a silence must be created for the song to be born in. — Yoko Tawada, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel The best argument I can make for why I like reading ...

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday emphasized that all languages are equally valuable and must be protected from any kind of attack. She also extended greetings to people ...

A bill has been introduced to make English an official language of New Zealand. Despite being the country's most-spoken language, it is not an official language by law. The bill provoked ridicule in ...

On 21 February 2026, UNESCO marks International Mother Language Day under the theme “Youth voices on multilingual education,” reinforcing its broader commitment through the International Decade of ...

Readers respond to an article by Gary Nunn who says learning Spanish has never been cooler Gary Nunn misses the point of language learning in seeing it as a numbers game (Spanish is clearly now the ...

Steven Spielberg may be one of genre filmmaking’s all-time greats, but in recent years, he’s focused on period pieces like Lincoln, The Fabelmans, and his lavish adaptation of West Side Story, with ...

More than 100 people gathered Wednesday in Wilson Plaza to eat Persian food, practice Chinese calligraphy and watch traditional performances as part of World Languages Day. The event highlighted ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...