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Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds

All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as Zipf’s law.

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Humpback whale song and human language are more similar than you might think. Here’s why

Researchers have found a pattern indicating certain ‘words’ are used more often than others – but humans won’t be speaking whale any time soon

The Guardian - AU

DNA study cracks centuries-old mystery over origin of languages spoken by half the world

Indo-European languages traced to population living in steppe grasslands 6,500 years ago

The Independent UK

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Elections mean more misinformation. Here’s what we know about how it spreads in migrant communities

Migrants in Australia often encounter disinformation targeting their communities. However, disinformation circulated in non-English languages and within private chat groups often falls beyond the reach of Australian public agencies, national media and platform algorithms.

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Murf AI Review: Features, Cons, Pricing [Tested AI Voice]

Murf AI Review MethodologyGeekflare tested Murf AI, evaluating its AI voice generation, voice cloning, translation, and multilingual support. Combining

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How we’re recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes

Remember cassettes? If you’re old enough, you might remember dropping one into a player, only to have it screech at you when you pressed “play”. We’ve fixed that problem. But why would we bother?

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New evidence confirms our Indigenous languages have a common source, but how they spread remains a mystery

Have you ever wondered how Australia’s many Indigenous languages relate to one another and how far back the connections go?

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Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus

State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude have captured the public imagination by producing fluent text in multiple languages in response to user prompts. Those companies have also captured headlines with the huge sums they’ve invested to build ever more powerful models.

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Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research

Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on more than just sounds – they’re learning how those sounds are made.

The Conversation

Finding ‘Kape’: How Language Documentation helps us preserve an endangered language

Shiyue Wu, a member of Francesco Perono Cacciafoco’s research team at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), who is currently developing intensive fieldwork in Alor Island to document and preserve endangered languages, discovered and first documented Kape during a Language Documentation fieldwork in August 2024 and therefore actively contributed to this study.

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Universal translators are tantalizing close as Facebook's Meta reveals its tech can translate between 101 languages

Facebook's Meta reveals its SeamlessM4T tech can translate between 101 languages.

TechRadar

The evolution of language from ancient origins to the third wave of Agentic AI

Discover how agentic AI is transforming communication, collaboration, and the future of work.

TechRadar

You Know More Than You Think: 50 General Knowledge Questions To Prove It

Are you ready for a brain workout? This general knowledge challenge is designed to unleash your trivia master. With topics ranging from pop culture to geography, from culture to science, from languages to art, you’ll find a wide range of challenging questions to put your knowledge to the test. The…

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Himalayan Folk Music Festival: Celebration of rich cultural heritage in Siliguri

In an effort to preserve and promote the rich traditions of the Himalayan region. Read further on Dynamite News:

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“Lost In Translation?”: Let’s See If You Can Find Your Way Through 18 Languages

Do you think you can recognize languages from around the world just by reading a few lines? This trivia quiz will take you on a journey through excerpts from songs, poems, and literature in a variety of languages. Whether it’s a romantic verse in Italian, an inspiring lyric in Ukrainian,…

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What one university’s 30-year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa

When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English.

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AI will start subtitling your videos thanks to VLC

D-ID releases an AI translation tool that clones voices into 30 languages

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Here's Everything You Want To Know About That Bonkers 8 Cylinder Chinese Tourer

Remember Great Wall Motor? It's OK if you don't because it hasn't been around for very long. In motorcycle world, there's even less to go on than there is in the car world. While the company has been making cars for a minute (including intriguing low-cost EVs offered in multiple…

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Anime giant Crunchyroll is getting back into manga with a new reading app coming this year promising "brand-new and beloved titles"

Titles will be released in English, with other languages to follow

The Guardian - UK

From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages

With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them

The Guardian - UK

Why tell someone ‘I love you’ when you could overfeed, ridicule or ignore them?

The holidays have reminded me of the many languages of love – most of them barely comprehensible

The National (Scotland)

10 things that changed my life – Unesco chair for Refugee Integration Alison Phipps

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The Independent UK

DNA study reveals secrets of migrations across Europe 2000 years ago

Most of the migrations involved people speaking three main branches of Germanic languages

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Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi celebrates Icons of India Cinema

Praising celebrated singer Mohammad Rafi's voice, PM Modi said his voice was "magical" and...that the young generations continue to listen to him with the same passion. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Pushpa 2 box office collection Day 24 - Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna starrer sees good growth on 4th Saturday; surpasses Rs 1500 crore at worldwide box office

Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna's Pushpa 2: The Rule continues its remarkable run at the box office. Completing 24 days in Indian cinemas, the film has amassed an estimated total of Rs 1,141.35 crore across all languages.

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