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Online Arabic Learning Boom in Israel

Despite an immediate drop in registrations after the October 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel, demand for online Arabic learning programs in the country...

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Cardona Sets Goal of Multilingualism for All Students

At last month’s National Association for Bilingual Education...

Navajo University Offers First PhD in Diné

A tribal university on the largest Native American reservation in the US has become the first of more than 30 accredited tribal colleges across...

Bilinguals React More Emotionally to Mother Tongue

A recent study by researchers in Poland has examined differences in how bilingual people respond to emotionally charged words in different languages. The study, carried...

Moldovan Parliament rules Romanian as national language

The parliament of Moldova has approved a law on referring to the country’s national language as Romanian rather than Moldovan in the constitution and...

A.I. ‘Stars’ at Cádiz Congress of Spanish Language

Last month, the 9th International Congress of the Spanish Language was held in Cádiz, Spain.  This year’s theme focused around language, multiculturalism and interculturality, running...

France: Language defenders take legal action over ‘Franglais’

Language defense groups in France are taking legal action over a so-called “excessive” use of English and mixed English and French terms, by public...

UK Amps Funding for Chinese Capabilities

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced an increase in funding to amplify skills and knowledge on China, for government staff. This includes training...

Multilingualism Can Slow Down Dementia 

Researchers from the University of Sydney have recently found evidence that culturally diverse people might resist symptoms for frontotemporal dementia, for longer.  Calling for more...

Guam Celebrates Mes CHamoru by learning the language

On this year’s Mes CHamoru, or ‘Chamorro Heritage Day’ native Guam islanders asked people to celebrate by learning the CHamoru language. Despite changing over time,...

Italian Watchdog Rejects Gender-Neutral Symbols

The institutional language "guardian" of Italy has decided...

Activists warn Russian languages are disappearing faster than data suggests

Activists in Russia have warned that hundreds of rare languages spoken by Russia’s ethnic and indigenous minorities are disappearing at an alarming rate.  It is...

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