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Indigenous language names preserve local pride of place

Naming new places with Indigenous words helps preserve local languages at risk of extinction, say groups calling for dual naming to become standard practice.

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Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Yes, you can help the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims

The Antakya I know is a cosmopolitan city in southern Turkey. Kurtuluş Caddesı, the city’s central avenue, is similar to streets in Los Angeles or Miami, lined with restaurants and palm trees, resonant with multiple languages. The city was devastated in the Feb. 6 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria,…

Los Angeles Times

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Love languages are hugely popular – but there's very little evidence they exist at all

Love languages – the concept coined by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman some 30 years ago – has taken the relationships world by storm. It’s often the “go-to” topic on first dates, and for those in relationships love languages are said to provide deep, meaningful and reliable insights into how relationships…

The Conversation

'Love languages' might help you understand your partner – but it's not exactly science

If you’ve ever flipped through the pages of a women’s lifestyle magazine, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled onto a quiz promising to answer the question “what is your love language?”.

The Conversation

Your dog has five ways of telling you it loves you - here's how to spot signs

Pets are part of the family and deserve us to shower them in love as much as our other loved ones - they even have their own love languages according to vet expert Dr Ronngren

Daily Mirror

Boy given 10% chance of survival now maths prodigy at the age of four

Jamie Mohr can count in six different languages, outsmarts his teachers and even helps his mum budget

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VCR tapes in an oven: How to preserve and digitise an entire collection of artefacts

Australia's only Indigenous national institution is digitising its whole collection to preserve artefacts and exhibit them in Canberra in the future.

The Canberra Times

Veteran Playback Singer Vani Jairam Found Dead At Her Chennai Home

Veteran playback singer Vani Jairam who has sung in over a dozen languages in a career spanning over five decades passed away on Saturday at her residence in Chennai. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

NHS spends more than £113m on translation services including 'fake' cartoon language

Avon and Wiltshire NHS Trust offered the highest number of languages at 122, according to FOI

Bristol Post

Nottinghamshire NHS trusts spend £2.5million on translation services in 3 years

NHS services have an obligation to ensure interpreting and translation services are provided

Nottingham Post

Special Scots edition of Harry Potter has people in stitches over 'hysterical' differences

While the Harry Potter series has been translated into over 80 languages worldwide, one of the more interesting versions is the Scots edition—which has some "hilarious" changes

Daily Record

Curious Kids: are some languages more difficult than others?

Some languages seem harder than others. Does that mean that the brains of people who speak those languages are more stimulated? – Maria Júlia, aged 14, São Lourenço, Brazil

The Conversation

UK business groups call for more foreign-language teaching in colleges

Exclusive: Report reveals postcode lottery as barely half FE institutions offer some form of language teaching

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To revitalize Indigenous communities, the Residential School settlement must prioritize language education

After a decade, the federal government has reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that included 325 First Nations across Canada. The class action was initiated by the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc and shíshálh Nation in 2012. It was concerned with, among other issues, the loss of language and…

The Guardian - US

Mexico’s Indigenous rappers find rare spotlight – on Wakanda soundtrack

A new generation of Mexico’s Indigenous musicians like Pat Boy are using rap to combat prejudice, revive ancient languages and reignite pride

Wales Online

Less than half of Brits can say 'croissant' correctly

People think it reflects wider nervousness around saying words in foreign languages, according to a study

Dynamite News

PM Modi Lauds CJI Chandrachud For Advocating Making SC Judgments Available In Regional Languages

Highlighting India's linguistic diversity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for his remark to make Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. Read more on Dynamite News:

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My favourite word in Hindi is ‘khargosh’: Daisy Rockwell

It took more than ten drafts and countless email exchanges between novelist Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell to produce a work of fiction like 'Tomb of Sand' (originally published in Hindi as 'Ret Samadhi') which went on to win the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022. A partition novel at…

Daily Mirror

'I've got a nine year streak on Duolingo but I'm still not fluent'

We've all started a New Years resolution only to fail a few weeks or months in - one man took his resolution to the next level with a nine year streak on Duolingo

Radio France Internationale

Francophone online cinema festival on track to seduce global audience

The online French-language film festival, My French Film Festival, is back from 13 January to 13 February. Fans of French and francophone cinema can enjoy 29 features and short films on 70 partner platforms, including some that are unreleased in many countries. All films will be subtitled in 12 languages.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US Covid surge is big risk and is ‘not being taken seriously’

Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?

The Guardian - UK

Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas

Climate crisis could be the ‘nail in the coffin’ for half of languages spoken by the end of the century, say linguists, as coastal communities are forced to migrate

The Independent UK

Bizarre phrases riddle aid documents for Alaska Natives

Government officials say documents aimed at helping Alaska Natives apply for aid following typhoon damage last fall featured nonsensical phrases instead of useful instructions

ABC News

New South Wales launches online reporting for sexual assault survivors in a dozen languages

Distressed victims of sexual assault will now be able to make a report anonymously on a new online portal available in a dozen different languages.

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