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Language isn't 'alive' – why this metaphor can be misleading

“Living”, “evolving” and “dead”: we often talk about languages as if they were living organisms.

The Conversation

‘The change in pace is crazy’: AI boosts climate information translation drive

Google-designed tools help 9,000 young Climate Cardinals volunteers who translate reports into more than 100 languages

The Guardian - UK

Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language

A language app designed to help children in Syria learn Arabic is now preserving an endangered First Nations language. As a cartoon monster in the app grows, so too do children's literacy skills — and the number of people who speak Warumungu.

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Languages and creative arts losing favour with GCSE and A-level students

More vocational subjects such as computing and business preferred by those studying in England

The Guardian - UK

Where does the 'ñ' come from? The history of a very special Spanish letter

The letter ñ is the emblem of Spanish, the mother tongue of almost 500 million people worldwide.

The Conversation

How are Indian languages faring in the age of AI and language models?

As large language models like ChatGPT find more applications around the world, their adoption also passively spreads a prejudice against languages other than English, including Indian languages. Some researchers are working to remedy this.

The Hindu

Pentiment gets updated with more languages and a new map area

Pentiment, the award-winning narrative RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, is getting updated with expanded language support and a new area.

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Chinese Indonesians reflect on life 25 years from Soeharto’s fall

The ethnic minority can now openly express their cultural identity but remain vulnerable to prejudice.

Al Jazeera

Sign language is set to become South Africa's 12th official language after a long fight for recognition

Sign language is on its way to become the 12th official language in South Africa after parliament recently agreed to amend the constitution to this end. The move will bring to fruition three decades of a struggle to empower the country’s deaf community. An official language has legal status in…

The Conversation

Appoint a government minister to protect Scots and Gaelic, Humza Yousaf told

HUMZA Yousaf must appoint a Minister for Scottish Languages in order to develop and preserve the country’s “unique linguistic heritage”,…

The National (Scotland)

Meta's ChatGPT rival could make language barriers a thing of the past

Meta has put its AI project to work dismantling language barriers... and that's very exciting.

TechRadar

South Africa's 10 year-olds are struggling to read -- it can be fixed

More than 80% of South Africa’s grade 4 pupils – who are on average nine or 10 years old – cannot read for meaning. That means they can’t answer basic questions about or draw inferences from a text they’re reading. This worrying statistic emerged from the 2021 Progress in International…

The Conversation

Beatrix Potter's famous tales are rooted in stories told by enslaved Africans – but she was very quiet about their origins

Peter Rabbit, the cute and wily bunny who wears a bright blue jacket, is the best-selling creation of English author Beatrix Potter. Originally published in 1902, the Tale of Peter Rabbit – the first of 23 tales in the series – has since been translated into more than 45 languages…

The Conversation

'You can’t speak what you can’t hear' – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages

We’re becoming more used to hearing and seeing te reo Māori in everyday use these days. And Pacific languages are becoming increasingly familiar too – especially during the Pacific language weeks now under way.

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NDTV plans to launch 9 news channels, set to seek I&B nod

Gautam Adani-owned NDTV is planning to launch nine news channels in different Indian languages, suggests the company’s disclosure before the National Stock Exchange of India.

ABC News

Speaking Russian became too painful for Olena Fedosieieva so she ditched her mother tongue

Despite growing up with Russian as her dominant language, Olena Fedosieieva has now largely ditched the language in a show of solidarity. And she's far from alone.

Bangkok Post

An epic mission

Citadel, officially reported as the second most expensive show ever made on the platform behind last year's The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power, is the newest action-packed, sci-fi thriller series in which Amazon teamed up with renowned filmmakers, the Russo brothers, and stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The…

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Top 3 features coming to Windows 11's next update

Windows 11 is receiving a new update soon, with its focus on adding additional accessibility options (particularly in voice recognition) throughout more languages.

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In Tennessee, Black immigrants navigate a tricky course to a coveted driver's license

Being able to drive makes life easier. It can open up job opportunities. But it also has challenges, especially if there's a language barrier. And traffic stops can be especially high stakes.

The Conversation

Zulu vs Xhosa: how colonialism used language to divide South Africa's two biggest ethnic groups

South Africa has 12 official languages. The two most dominant are isiZulu and isiXhosa. While the Zulu and Xhosa people share a rich common history, they have also found themselves engaged in ethnic conflict and division, notably during urban wars between 1990 and 1994. A new book, Divided by the…

The Guardian - AU

Google’s Bard AI chatbot launches in Australia with vow to develop it ethically

Company says its AI programs will include watermarks and metadata identifying AI-generated content as ChatGPT rival rolls out in more than 180 countries

The Independent UK

Justice Dept. settles with New Jersey county over ballot languages, highlighting widespread barrier

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with a New Jersey county over language barriers for Spanish-speaking voters, emphasizing a growing challenge for certain minority communities nationwide

Tom’s Hardware

Google Announces New Bard Features, Drops Waitlist, Integrates With Workspace

Google drops Bard waitlist, adds new features and languages, and names its Workspace integration 'Duet AI'

The National (Scotland)

Poets invited to enter competition celebrating Scotland’s three indigenous languages

POETS from around the world are being invited to enter an annual celebration of poets and poems in Scotland’s three indigenous languages.

The Times of India

Pratilipi signs a deal with Newcomers' Initiative for screen adaptation of their stories

Pratilipi, a digital storytelling community across 12 major Indian languages, has signed a deal with the Newcomers’ Initiative to create content in various formats and languages and offer it to filmmakers across the country. Collective Artists Network [CAN], a talent management agency, is also a part of this collaboration.

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