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Why Dual Language Works for Everyone
Bilingualism is becoming popular as more and more parents demand bilingual schooling for their children. English monolingualism, encouraged...
Battle over Te Reo Māori Signs in New Zealand
Plans to introduce bilingual road signs throughout New Zealand have inflamed political tensions and heightened arguments over racial politics in the country’s election race.
Last week, a public consultation was opened on plans to create...
Fair Refuge
The treatment of refugees and other migrants trying to enter supposedly civilized countries has reached new lows recently with more deaths worldwide, including at Spain’s Ceuta border with Morocco, in the Mediterranean between Europe...
Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in Parliament
During a debate in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, a Greenlandic MP has refused to speak Danish, instead speaking entirely in her native Inuit language. The move caused frustration among Danish-speaking lawmakers in the...
Office of Hawaiian Affairs awards grants for preserving language
In the last month, the Office for Hawaiian affairs has awarded several substantial grants to community organizations for the specific purpose of preserving the Hawaiian language.
The grants are focused on sustaining ʻohana (family/community) based...
Celebrating Samoan Language Week 2023
This week marked annual celebrations of Samoan Language Week or - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa, which was largely observed in the Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Hawai’i.
The annual event is a celebration...
Loss of Language Diversity Accelerating
There’s an ongoing crisis in the field of linguistics: Global language experts estimate that, without intervention, about one...
Guinea book festival aims to improve literacy
The 15th annual ‘72 Hours of the Book’ festival recently took place in Guinea, filling a sports stadium...
Cornish Making a Comeback
In the UK’s South West, efforts to revitalize Cornwall’s indigenous language Kernewek are stronger than ever.
The ancient language can be traced back 4000 years and was considered a dead language as long ago as...
Language Diversity at Risk
New research accompanying the launch of a grammar database, has revealed a potential loss of significant, global linguistic diversity.
Postdoctoral researcher Hedvig Skirgård and Associate Professor Simon Greenhil from the Australian National University and the...
