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Spotify is using AI to imitate podcast hosts' voices after plowing $1 billion into the business and breaking up with Prince Harry and Meghan

Spotify, eager to cement itself in the podcast business, is testing AI that dubs hosts’ voices in a different language.

Fortune

Basic sign language workshop for postmen, postwomen held in Mysuru

Mysuru Postal Division held a daylong workshop on Basic Sign Language for 200 postmen/women to facilitate barrier-free communication with the deaf community. It was inaugurated by S.S. Umesh, Assistant Director of Programme, Akashvani, Mysuru. The workshop included basic alphabet sign language, numbers and work-related conversations. It was part of International…

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English does not have the vocabulary for translating ancient Tamil literature, says Tamil Nadu Governor

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Telugu Dari aims at inculcating good Telugu among all classes of learners of the language

Review of Velcheru Narayana Rao, Telugu Dari: A Grammar of Modern Telugu, Vijayawada, 2022 by David Shulman.

The Hindu

Government trying to draft laws in simple manner and in Indian languages: PM Modi

PM Modi says government focussing on drafting laws in Indian languages, simple to understand. He welcomes Supreme Court decision to provide operative part of judgment in litigant's language. He lauds legal fraternity for protecting India's justice system.

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Senior EC team visits Ranchi for Special Summary Revision

The EC’s voter awareness song -- Mai Bharat Hoon -- was launched in five regional languages of Jharkhand comprising Santhali, Mundari, Kurukh, Ho and Kharia.

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Students should be able to understand, speak, read, and write English at primary level itself, says draft KCF

The draft Kerala Curriculum Framework (KCF) for school education lays strong emphasis on English language. Students should be able to communicate fluently and effectively in English and use it in various aspects of life, says the draft., underlining the need for children to understand, speak, read, and write English at…

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T.N. government undertakes to translate Coastal Regulatory Zone notification in Tamil

Madras HC records TN govt's submission to translate CRZ 2019 notification into Tamil for fishermen's benefit. Judges suggest all Centre notifications in English/Hindi be translated into Tamil for local populace. Petitioner's counsel says notification must be in regional languages for fishermen to protect their rights.

The Hindu

Zimbabwean names are still haunted by the ghosts of colonialism

In African cultures, the names given to children play an important role because they are often laden with meanings.

The Conversation

Spain grants Basque, Catalan and Galician languages parliamentary status

MPs from far-right Vox stage walkout in protest at recognition of co-official languages

The Guardian - UK

Spain will allow lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament

Spain’s Parliament is set to allow its national legislators to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician in national Parliament for the first time on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Book on Arnose Pathiri released

Book on German Jesuit Priest Arnose Pathiri, a Sanskrit & Malayalam scholar, released. M.V. Narayanan, VC of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, handed over copy to social activist Kusumam Joseph. Book throws light on life & works of Arnose Pathiri, who learnt both languages & wrote books in them.…

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Baby babble isn't just goo goo! And hearing 2 languages is better than one

The science of baby babble is surprisingly complex. And the idea that a baby exposed to two languages will be confused? Let's see what babble researchers have to say about that.

WEKU

Moana vocalist in push to revive threatened Pacific languages through song

Olivia Foa’i and Lorde are among those using indigenous language in music to build culture and connection

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The Things We Can't Say

As the culture war permeates American life, combatants set their sights on the ways we express ourselves.

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Udhayanidhi Stalin condemns Amit Shah’s statement on Hindi

DMK youth wing leader and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin condemns Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that Hindi is uniting force of India, calling it absurd. He says Hindi spoken in only 4-5 states, and it oppresses non-Hindi languages by calling them regional.

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Amit Shah asks officials to use simple, clear Hindi; says it ‘united’ people of country

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Hindi has played an important role in uniting India and is a democratic language. He noted the efforts of the Department of Official Language to enrich Indian languages and promote Hindi in the UN

The Conversation

Catalan, Basque and Galician are unlikely to become official EU languages, but alternatives to connect with regional language speakers are out there

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is in a pickle. In August, he sent out a formal request to the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe for Catalan, Basque and Galician to become official EU languages. The request was part of a coalition agreement with the Catalan Independence Party,…

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Bhasha Institute awards announced

State Institute of Languages announces awards for 2023: Abhilash Malayil (N.V. Krishna Warrier award for Informative Literature), Asok A. Decruz & Ratheesh E. (Dr. K.M. George memorial award for research), Ashalatha (M.P. Kumaran award for translation). Chief Minister to present awards & inaugurate 55th anniversary celebrations on Sept 20.

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Question paper setting is an art as well as science, says expert

VC of Central University of Karnataka urges teachers to set creative, imaginative and intellectual question papers to test real knowledge of students. CIIL provides support to train teachers in evaluation and testing in Indian languages. Six-day Workshop-cum-Training Programme to help teachers understand art and science of setting question papers in…

The Guardian - UK

Elvis Costello on writing The Juliet Letters: ‘It initially caused panic’

‘It’s been translated into different languages, there’s a version for a cabaret band – and the songs have been covered many times. Björk’s version of Why? is better than mine!’

The Hindu

‘Experiences of all walks of life must reflect in literature’

Vikram Visaji, Dean of School of Humanities and Languages at Central University of Karnataka, believes experiences of all walks of life should be reflected in literature to keep language growing. At an interaction on Satish Chapparike's novel, Ghandruk, in Kalaburagi, Mr. Visaji said it captures the conflict between corporate world's…

The Guardian - AU

‘We speak the languages of our community’: the volunteers connecting Indian Australians to the voice debate

Desis for Yes seeks to provide accurate information on the referendum to one of the country’s most influential voting blocs

The Hindu

Disappearing languages, vanishing voices

It is time to evolve ideas to arrest the decline of languages and the world must at least try to find ways and means to preserve some of its endangered languages

Evening Standard

Duolingo to add music and maths lessons as part of major app update

The first non-language subjects on the app will boast a similar gamified experience

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