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UAE Launches Arabic Declaration
Last month, at the Expo 2020 Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, VP and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
California Commits $3 Billion to Community Schools Strategy
Last month, California state superintendent Tony Thurmond announced the formation of an advisory board to help guide the work of the California Community Schools...
Mail Voting Forms Finally in Diné, Apache and Yup’ik
The US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has finally released national mail voter registration forms in Diné, Apache and Yup’ik languages. This is the first...
Japanese, Turkish, and Korean Traced Back 9000 Years to China
The Transeurasian language family that includes Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkish, and Tungusic languages has had its origins traced back 9000 years, to early farming...
Catalan Curbed by Court
In the Spanish region of Catalunya, a court ruling over the language of instruction in schools may soon result in a a constitutional conflict....
China Plans Mandarin Domestic Dominance by 2025
According to a directive recently released by China’s Ministry of Education, Mandarin Chinese will be spoken by 85% of the country’s population by 2025....
Portuguese Museum Arises Like a Phoenix
Six years after it went up in flames, Brazil’s Museum of the Portuguese Language has reopened at the Estação da Luz station in the...
French Fallout from Canadian Elections
Canada’s snap election this past month was a stark reminder for many of the nation’s residents that the country still has a tricky and...
Could Whistling Be the Forerunner of Language?
The origins of human language have long been a source of debate for linguists, anthropologists, and biologists alike. When compared with other forms of...
Huffington Post to Launch Arabic News Site
The Huffington Post announced the launch of a new Arabic-language news site, HuffPost Arabi. The online news site will target the Arab world’s younger...
