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Over 400 Languages May Have Originated in China
A new study by Menghan Zhang at Fudan University in Shanghai and his colleagues recently published in Nature explored the origin of Sino-Tibetan languages...
Language Separating German Partners
According to a report by Deutsche Welle, Germany’s government-funded international broadcaster, nearly a third of prospective immigrants applying to join their partners in Germany...
Ontario Supports French-Language Education
The province of Ontario will invest $19.41 million in several projects and initiatives to support students, parents and teachers in French-language schools. This investment...
Costa Rican Spanish
Like most places, Costa Rica has its own unique words, phrases, and uses of language, so even fluent Spanish speakers can learn something new
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Russian Set Backs in Ukraine, Armenia
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has signed into law a controversial bill that makes Ukrainian the required language of instruction in state secondary schools (from...
Ukrainian President-Elect Unlikely to Lift Russian Status
After actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky's landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential elections, his campaign spokesperson, Dmytro Razumkov, said that the only official language in...
Slovenian Sign Language Set for Official Language
The National Assembly of Slovenia endorsed a proposal to assign Slovenian sign language as an official in the constitution. The government stated that in...
Afrikaans Phased Out
South Africa’s University of Pretoria has begun phasing out Afrikaans as its official teaching language and replacing it with English. This move is the...
Digital Mandarin Classes for All
China’s Ministry of Education has announced plans to train teachers and improve infrastructure for digital education in the poorer areas of the country, including...
English May be Dropped from Disability Evaluation
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has proposed the elimination of the education category “inability to communicate in English” in the evaluation of disability claims.
According...
Celebrating French and la Francophonie
Every year, speakers of French unite globally to celebrate Francophonie Week from March 17–25 and UN French Language Day on March 20. This year’s...
Japanese Teacher Certification to Ease Immigration Boom
Japan’s government is planning to set up a nationally recognized accreditation program for teachers of Japanese, to help improve the language education of foreign...