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New project from Tamil Nadu government identifies potential of multilingualism to become an educational resource New project from Tamil Nadu government identifies potential of multilingualism to become an educational resource…

Editor's Note: This essay originally contained Mandarin Chinese characters not available for print. To view the full essay, including characters, please visit nprillinois.org.“Hao bang! (Mandarin Chinese pinyin for good work). My…

The preservation of the mother tongue is presented as a means of maintaining identity, communication with family and resistance—for those who live far from their country of origin. According to recent statisticsin 2019, there were…

My second Black History Month article dwells on the intriguing but not surprising historical connection between the pidgin English spoken in West Africa (such as Nigerian pidgin English and Cameroonian pidgin English) and…

China is home to dozens and dozens of regional dialects, but the one spoken in the central neighborhoods and surrounding areas of their largest city is known as Shanghainese. However, are there any Shanghainese…

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Ernest Siva, 84, is one of the last oral historians of the indigenous Serrano language.(Christina House / Los Angeles Times) When Ernest Siva…

The San Francisco setting of the 1960s is what explicitly connects Women are losers to the matriarchal lineage of first-time writer / director Lissette Feliciano. Just in case that fact isn't very clear within minutes of starting the…

Out of around 7,000 languages ​​spoken in the world, more than 80% languages ​​are expected to disappear over the next century. The United Nations…

Pinderjeet Gill, professor of Asian languages ​​and culture and winner of this year's Golden Apple Award, delivered her “Diversity Makes Us Stronger” speech…

Multilingual people have trained their brains to learn languages, which makes it easier to acquire new languages ​​after mastering a second or third. In addition to demystifying the seemingly Herculean…

Google Translate has become the go-to Internet resource for short and fast translations from foreign languages.The service was first launched in April 2006, against early competition from Babel Fish. It now has more than 500 million users…

Climb is a language learning app that improves your vocabulary by helping you discover and memorize new words.TEST YOUR VOCABULARY- Find out how many English words you know.- Get a personalized word list based on your level.DEFINE WORDS-…