A ROW has broken out over the choice of books being read by Weymouth secondary school students which has 'shocked and appalled' some parents.

A ROW has broken out over the choice of books being read by Weymouth secondary school students which has 'shocked and appalled' some parents.

New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well ...

Language connects humans and its shapes how we connect, trade, and share ideas across borders. In 2025, over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, yet just a handful dominate global communication.

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major ...

To study how dialects change over time, you need a single speaker who’s lived in different regions and has been recorded a lot. Taylor Swift fits the bill.

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. All people have ...

The American Sign Language sign for ‘science’ is two closed fists with thumbs angled down, and each hand moves in small circles in opposite directions. Credit: Glenn Harvey In 2016, a summer ...

Ysgol Plasmawr, Cantonian, Cardiff West, Bro Edern, Eastern, and Willows high schools all still have some free places in year seven while the rest of the city's schools are full. All other secondaries ...

A single typo, formatting error, or slang word makes an AI more likely to tell a patient they’re not sick or don’t need to seek medical care. That’s what MIT researchers found in a June study ...