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$5 Million Gift to Build Korean Language Village
Kenny Park, CEO of Seoul-based luxury handbag manufacturer the Simone Corporation, has donated $5 million to Concordia Language Villages in Moorhead, Minnesota. The donation...
Ancient Script Found in Sudan
In northern Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered a trove of new artifacts at the necropolis...
All Australian Languages Linked
New research has found a groundbreaking link between Australian Indigenous languages, demonstrating for the first time that they all descend from one common ancestor.
The...
Chinese Celebrations and Inaugurations
The United Nations celebrated its ninth Chinese Language Day last month at its offices worldwide.
Celebrations in New York included lectures on Chinese culture, film...
To Celebrate World Book Day, Spanish Language Day, and English Language Day, 10 Books from Spanish Authors to Read in English or Spanish
Today is a big day, with three coinciding celebrations all at once. World Book Day is a celebration of authors, books, and most importantly,...
Latvia Drops Russian High Schools
Last month, the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) passed amendments to its education laws according to which ethnic-minority schools will have to transition to Latvian-only secondary...
Pakistan Needs 40,000 Chinese Interpreters
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is part of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. Known as the New Silk Road, the project currently...
The New French Resistance
President Macron Announces Plan to Promote French worldwide and labels French teachers...
Spain May End Catalan-Only Schools
The constitutional crisis in Spain’s autonomous region of Cataluña may soon affect...
Pakistan Has NOT Made Chinese Official
Pakistani and Indian media jumped on a story last month that Pakistan had decided to make Chinese one of the country’s official languages, in...
Spain Recognizes Ladino as Spanish
More than half a millennium after most Jews were expelled from the country in 1492, Spain is officially recognizing their language, Ladino, as a...
ABC Airs Half-Chinese Sitcom
Last month, an episode of ABC’s primetime sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, called “Ride the Tiger,” broke ground by being about 50% spoken in...