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Afrikaans Goes to Court
The University of South Africa—locally known as UNISA—the largest university system in the nation, has been working on phasing out Afrikaans as a language...
Virginia Launches ASL support for COVID-19 Call Center
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals across America are still struggling with a lack of access to information...
Canada Launches First Indigenous-Language TV Channel
A new, all-Inuit Inuktut language channel has been launched in Canada, serving as the country’s first channel broadcast entirely in an Indigenous language. Devised...
ASL Interpreter Signs at White House Briefing for First Time
Many deaf and hard of hearing Americans have noticed an absence of American Sign Language interpreters at the White House’s regular COVID-19 press briefings...
Support the Indigenous Language Institute
We are at a critical point in human history where much of our cultural diversity is in danger of disappearing forever. This diversity, which...
The challenges of minority languages: 1 in 4 children cannot speak Galician in Galicia Spain
Galician is a Romance language spoken in
Galicia, a region in the northwestern corner of Spain. It is the official
language of the region, along with...
Nigeria Requires Igbo
Imo State, one of the five states located
in the South-Eastern region of Nigeria, has made Igbo language, the state’s
vernacular, compulsory in all the schools...
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...
Indian Languages Outpacing English Online
According to a recent study, the growth of Indian language internet users is growing at 18% per year, so that by 2021 the total...
China Wants Filipino English Teachers
An English-teaching platform aimed at the $4.5 billion market for online language lessons in China is looking to hire 100,000 Filipino English teachers over...
Russian Wrangles with Ukrainian
More than 60% of Ukrainian citizens want the Ukrainian language to be the only official state language in the country, according to the results...
Celebrating International Greek Language Day
February 9 has been declared international Greek language
day in hopes of sparking interest in the language worldwide. The date coincides
with Commemoration Day of Greece’s...
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