Languages & Linguistics

13+ min ago   (397+ words) When describing someone running, most people would say exactly that: “The person is running.” They probably wouldn’t say the person is moving, even though both descriptions are technically correct. But what if that person were the only one moving in…...

7+ hour ago   (331+ words) President Muizzu made this statement on the "Rayyithunge Adu" program when responding to a concern from the parent of a child with special needs. [File] President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu speaking to a citizen President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu said yesterday that…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (208+ words) Research talk by University of Koblenz professor Tamara Bodden Simon Fraser University Research talk by University of Koblenz professor Tamara Bodden Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 12:30pm Please join us for the final colloquium by visiting postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tamara Bodden. Tamara, who…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1207+ words) This Article was a result of a life changing event that happened July 2026, and my re entry to the online world and publishing my writing. I’ve been scattering for eleven years. No land ever claimed me — I made sure of…...

12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (508+ words) As a medley of England's dialects come together this weekend for a national festival, a woman says she "could never abandon" the mother-tongue she has spoken for nearly eight decades. "Speaking my Cumbrian dialect is like putting a comfortable coat…...

23+ hour, 42+ min ago   (856+ words) As Syracuse’s Northside is home to several refugee and immigrant populations, resources for less common languages are growing in areas such as education, policing and city services. Language accessibility is essential for people to know the basics of everyday society,…...

23+ hour, 19+ min ago   (493+ words) By: Katrina Crumbacher//The Journal Record//October 15, 2026// – The Cherokee Nation generates more than $3.1 billion in annual economic impact across northeast Oklahoma. – The tribe expects to spend $25 million sending 5,000 to 6,000 Cherokee students to college this year. – Hoskin said preserving Cherokee language…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (387+ words) There exists an economy of language of emotions and scenarios that we can describe but not necessarily express with a single word. These “untranslatable” words have no English equivalents, yet unify individuals regardless of their insufficient vocabularies. There exists…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (327+ words) CHEROKEE, N.C. (WLOS) — The New Kituwah Academy in Western North Carolina helps young Cherokee students reclaim their language. Cherokee Nation keeps its language alive through new Kituwah Academy As the nation marks America’s 250th anniversary, the Cherokee people of western North Carolina…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (879+ words) No two people build a vowel the same way. A new study using real-time MRI scans of people speaking found that speakers with differently shaped vocal tracts move their tongues, lips and jaws in noticeably different ways to make the…...