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BIZARRE: 16 - You Need To See This

The Kenyan author and political dissident, a giant of African literature and champion of indigenous African languages, died aged 87.

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Spanish minority language question echoes across Europe

Spain is continuing to push for greater recognition of its regional languages at EU level, but it's far from alone among countries wresting with a multilingual population where some feel less recognised.

Euronews

Spain fails again to secure unanimity to make Catalan, Galician and Basque official EU languages

The Spanish request fell short of the necessary majority, as countries like Finland, Sweden and Austria voiced their reservations.

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“My Native Language Doesn’t Have The Word For It”: 17 People Share What Words In Foreign Languages They Absolutely Love Using

Every language boasts words that are one of a kind. Some are charming because they are oddly specific, others simply sound beautiful. Here's a list of some of the people's favorite linguistic gems.

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The last word: why half of the world's languages could vanish this century

There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking. Unesco estimates that half could disappear by the end of the century. So how are languages lost, and what does that mean for the people who speak them?

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Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at school, and more than half of all those polled were interested in learning a…

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96 Pics That Show How Time Changed People But Not Their Love For Each Other

72 years and counting!

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The programming language that defines the internet is 30 years old today: Happy birthday, Java

Java turns 30 with a legacy built on platform independence, backwards compatibility, and cautious evolution, proving that stability, not hype, drives long-term relevance in tech.

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In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands

The Independent UK

Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integration

When Keir Starmer said: “If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English”, it laid bare an assumption – that English is the only language that counts in the UK.

The Conversation

New AI features in Edge are on the way to improve web apps

Microsoft Edge is gaining on-device AI APIs, PDF translation in 70+ languages, and site blocking for schools and businesses.

Windows Central

How Ville Haimala and Yaboi Hanoi are using AI to create new musical languages

Set to perform at the innovative music festival and conference Sónar+D, Ville Haimala and Yaboi Hanoi explain how they've utilised AI in their music to create something entirely new.

Euronews

Cockney Yiddish: how two languages influenced each other in London’s East End

Yiddish is a familiar presence in contemporary English speech. Many people use or at least know the meaning of words like chutzpah (audacity), schlep (drag) or nosh (snack).

The Conversation

Trump’s tariff threat to foreign films overlooks the value of multilingual cinema

With the 78th Cannes International Film Festival underway this week, there is little doubt that one topic will be central to conversations among filmmakers, sales agents and journalists: United States President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100 per cent tax on foreign-made films.

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What to look out for from the music of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest

I’m in Basel, Switzerland – host city of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – to present research about treatment of songwriters in the contest. While I’m here, I’ll be conducting field research and attending one of the shows. Here’s what I’ll be looking out for during this year’s competition.

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The big idea: could the English language die?

For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever

The Conversation

How AI could help safeguard Indigenous languages

If there are few speakers left of a language, how does a community revive it? In our current era, 3,000 languages are at risk of extinction due to the pressures of colonization, globalization, forced cultural assimilation, environmental devastation and other factors.

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‘Ich komme!’ The smutty Eurovision songs that dodge the censors

From ensuring your swearwords are in languages other than English to outrageous euphemisms, contestants in the famously camp extravaganza have ways to avoid being toned down …

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Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom

Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’

Android Central

iOS 18.4 is a huge deal for Apple in India

With iOS 18.4, Apple is adding local language integration into the OS, and it's a move that makes iPhones that much more accessible to a wider audience in India.

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NotebookLM Now Speaks 50+ Languages – Here’s How It Works

Google has rolled out multilingual support for Audio Overviews in NotebookLM. The Audio Overview feature is one of the most popular features, and now it

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Google is turning your favorite AI podcast hosts into polyglots

Google NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews have added dozens of new languages to its AI-generated podcasts.

The Conversation

Children link accents with intelligence from the age of five, says study

From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in.

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South Africa’s frogs and reptiles get their own list of names in local languages

Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in nine South African cultures. The list includes 136 frog and 407 reptile species that have been scientifically…

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Hammer and tongs: PM urges supporters to 'go hard'

Anthony Albanese has urged Labor loyalists to keep their foot on the gas as the campaign enters its final stretch.

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