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How Celtic languages spread across Britain and Ireland: why we need to reconsider the early story

The Celtic languages spoken today – namely Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton – all descend from Celtic languages once spoken across Britain and Ireland in antiquity. While the modern languages are well documented from the early middle ages onwards, what came before is far more mysterious.

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Five myths about learning a new language – busted

Language learning is often a daunting prospect. Many of us wish we had learned a language to a higher level at school. But even though adults of all ages can do well in acquiring a new language, fear – or the memory of struggling to memorise grammar at school –…

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Pope Leo XIV revives tradition with multilingual Christmas message

Pope Leo XIV revived a tradition by offering greetings in multiple languages during his first Christmas Day message.

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Leave notes, play games, go shopping: how to boost your child’s multilingual skills these holidays

About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking English and during term-time, home languages often take a back seat. So holidays – particularly the long summer break – offer a chance to hear and speak their heritage languages…

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The trouble with idioms: How they can leave even fluent English speakers behind

Being a linguist — and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) — I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what people are saying, I often get distracted by how they are saying it. The other…

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Older adults may struggle to learn a new language but classes are a worthwhile exercise

It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages

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Soundcore AeroFit 2 AI Assistant review: These open ear headphones can translate over 100 languages

Discover the new Soundcore AeroFit 2 AI Assistant, providing real-time translation in over 100 languages through innovative open ear style headphones.

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How Canada’s emergency communications still exclude Indigenous languages

When life-saving information is not provided in a language people understand, it can delay protective action and put communities at unnecessary risk.

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John Sutter obituary

Other lives: Respected teacher and trainer who specialised in Esol, English for speakers of other languages

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Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept

If you are fluent in any language other than English, you have probably noticed that some things are impossible to translate exactly.

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I was hoping for Babel Fish realtime audio translation, and while the InnAIO AI Translator T9is impressive, it's not there yet

This compact device uses a MagSafe connector to attach to your phone and then utilises an app to provide voice-to-voice, voice-to-text, photo and text translation to a huge variety of languages in almost, but not quite, real time. What's more, it's able to use an AI version of your own…

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Mistral, Europe’s AI champion, releases new, smaller frontier models. Here’s what to know

“Mistral Large 3 was trained on a wide variety of languages, making advanced AI useful for billions who speak different native languages,” the company said.

Euronews

The Australian school spearheading an Indigenous language revival

At Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School – the first Aboriginal bilingual school in New South Wales – success is judged by an unconventional metric: happiness

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: botched media strategy after Hannah Clarke murders revealed, NSW sets new pokies curfew, Piastri frustrated in Qatar

‘Victim blaming’ comments part of deliberate police strategy; NSW pokies venues face tighter restrictions

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The Independent UK

Epic tales and star power: How Tollywood is reshaping Indian cinema

Tollywood, the Telugu-language film industry, is rapidly gaining global attention, challenging Bollywood's dominance

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future

What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen

The Conversation

A database could help revive the Arapaho language before its last speakers are gone

I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language.

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10 English Words So Long They’ll Trip Up a Genius

English is often described as a thief. It lurks in the dark alleys of history, stealing words from other languages like Latin, Greek, and German, and mashing them together. Consequently, the result is a vocabulary full of bizarre, lengthy monsters that look more like typos than actual language.

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How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing

People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also introduce challenges, especially the risk of age-related decline.

Evening Standard

Nottingham University urged to reconsider proposed course suspensions

Dozens of students and staff gathered to protest against the potential future course closures on Monday.

The Conversation

England’s national curriculum review misses opportunity to revitalise language learning

The decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the same period from 10% to 5%.

The Guardian - UK

Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees

Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people

The Guardian - UK

University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees

Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed

Latin Times

Miss Universe 2025: Meet the Latin American and Latina Delegates

Latin America is once again lighting up the global stage. From the Amazon to the Caribbean, twenty-one powerful women are carrying the dreams, languages, and cultures of an entire region to Bangkok, Thailand, for the 74th edition of Miss Universe.

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How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and culture

Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it’s 144).

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