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During lockdown, I took short courses in Northern Sámi, Scots, Korean and Irish, and sat exams in Cornish

English is important as a medium of instruction, but a regional language helps in practising medicine

If Southeast Asia really needs to have official languages, choosing all the national languages of the ASEAN countries would be a prudent move.

From the fourth year of schooling, the majority of South African schools teach all subjects in English only. The devastating learning consequences of this for children who speak African languages at home have been compellingly captured in the documentary film Sink or Swim. These consequences include lack of conceptual understanding…

The developers of a new artificial intelligence system inspired by an endangered Aboriginal language say it has unique characteristics that make it easy to translate into commands.

There are both pluses and minuses in making mother tongue the medium for higher studies 

The University Grants Commission, in collaboration with MeiTY, will launch a portal to offer undergraduate and postgraduate digital courses in eight languages for the benefit of rural students

The IIT-M has commissioned the Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat to advance Indian language technology with a grant of ₹36 crore from Nilekani Philanthropies

New data from the productivity commission has shown only four of the 17 targets under the national Closing the Gap agreement are on track to be met.