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This week is the Semaine de la francophonie. To mark it, RFI language services have focused on bilingual French dictionaries in their given languages and looked at how those dictionaries evolved. The English service took a look at Randle Cotgrave, an English lexicographer who lived during the late 16th and…

With more than 320 million speakers globally, French is the world's fifth most-spoken language. But traditionalists complain that spelling, grammar and vocabulary are on the decline. On International French Language Day, one linguist tells RFI that change isn't just inevitable – it's healthy.

Tech companies' focus on English-speaking regions leaves non-English speakers vulnerable to election misinformation worldwide.

GenAI is already predicted to supercharge phishing by generating grammatically perfect content in multiple languages. Why not multiple dialects too?

Discover how dogs navigate language barriers and respond to different languages, enhancing communication with their human companions.

Names of 77 ex-students of women-only Newnham College who worked at Bletchley Park are revealed for first time

IIT Madras aims to reach 50,000 government schools with free science program in regional languages by 2026.

New keyboard languages have been found in visionOS code. But does this hint at an imminent international release?

In a new study involving a group of polyglots, the brain activity of the participants was monitored using a method called functional magnetic resonance imaging as they listened to passages read in various languages.

Here is how to wish someone Ramadan Mubarak in various languages around the world.

15-day online workshop on Proficiency Test Preparation in Indian Languages for teachers and scholars at CIIL, Mysuru.