Last summer, journalist Katie Thornton attended the annual World Esperanto Congress in Czechia.

The label applies to the country, but also two whole continents. Our claim over it is yet another way for us to annoy the entire hemisphere.

Think you know AI writing when you read it? Accusations of illicit AI usage have been sweeping the literary world.

FIFA snubs Spanish-speaking fans, a linguistic divide in Chad, Odysseus' Yankee accent, and more!

‘Soccer’ originated as a slang term in the 1880s and continues to be used around the world today. So why are some people squeamish about the term?

The future of Singlish, how to memorize the dictionary, learning Lake Talk, and more!

William Ruto says Kenyans speak "some of the best English in the world" while it is hard to understand Nigerians.

Despite a sizable population of Arab American students and groundswell of support from many parents, Orland Park-based High School District 230 is facing controversy over a proposal to create an Arabic language program.

Her memoir, Linguaphile, is a natural history of Julie's encounters with words and conversations: at home, in school, in love and in death.

Her memoir, Linguaphile, is a natural history of Julie's encounters with words and conversations: at home, in school, in love and in death.

Researchers in the U.K. are working to document the country’s array of obscure invective.

Gen Z are turning to nonnas for inspiration on how to live to be 100. Will donning a flowery dress and making their own pasta sauce do the trick?

The case for teaching Indonesian in Australian schools has never been stronger. Yet enrolments have rarely been lower. A group of educators, researchers, and policymakers recently sat down to ask [......

There was something instinctive about it, like a current pulling me back towards the language of my parents and grandparents

Judeo-Arabic's TikTok moment, the Irish wave in Canada, pronunciation gets political, and more.

The long read: Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation

How you talk reveals where you’re from and who you’d like to be.

From A* to José María Aznar

Florida rolls back multilingualism, a Welsh mishap in Cornwall, and the linguistic history of arugula.

Hold My Hand focuses exclusively on signers – who can be refreshingly blunt and extremely revealing. Heroda and Hermon Berhane, the deaf identical twin presenters, say it reveals their community in a ...

Across the country, Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.

The Puerto Rican singer’s highly anticipated Super Bowl half-time show has inspired non-Spanish speakers to study Puerto Rican dialect and slang

Abraham Adhanom was wrapping up his 14th year of teaching two African language courses when the dean of humanities notified him his classes would be eliminated after spring 2025.

You do this without even thinking

Southeast Asian languages lose funding, Canada's last daily Chinese newspaper, and how to translate peanut butter.

The follow-up to 2022’s Harry’s House boasts an esoteric title – but experts say ambiguity might be the goal

Until recently, issuing a death threat required some effort. Today, anyone with a phone or computer can make a threat—or receive one. The result is a “golden age” for the dark realm of personal threat...

As 20-year-old Olga Janáčková lay dying from typhoid fever, her father wrote down everything she said. Later, he transformed those words—and gasps—into music. The grieving father, Czech composer Leoš ...

New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…

Nominations for Words of the Year 2025 follow below. The final selection will be held at 6:45 pm CST on Friday, Jan. 9 (Carondelet, 3rd floor, New Orleans Marriott). American Dialect Society 2025…

Many Native American languages only have a few native speakers left.

Change at the University of Nottingham, Nigeria's mother tongue education bust, the fate of Icelandic, and 2025 Words of the Year.

An unappetising symbol of a messy year

IU is well-known for languages, including some only offered at a handful of schools.

Term was up against a shortlist including blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire

Examples include the parasocial interest shown by fans to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement.

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Jason Momoa prepared for his role in "Chief of War" with a personal language coach who lived with him for nearly a year. Momoa is Native Hawaiian but didn't grow up speaking Hawaiian. He and other act...

Have your say on the Macquarie Dictionary People's Choice 2025 Word of the Year! Check out this year's shortlist before you vote.

Japanese universities go global, Manitoba's bilingual aspirations, and a Welsh translation mishap.