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Japan's missing children: The lingering trauma of North Korean abductions

In the 1970s and 1980s, North Korea organised a kidnapping campaign in "enemy" countries. As one of its closest neighbours, Japan became a prime target. The programme, decided at the highest level of the Communist state, was likely intended to train North Korean spies in foreign languages and customs. FRANCE…

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Effort to recover Indigenous language also revitalizes culture, history and identity

When the federal government set up boarding schools in the 19th century to assimilate Native American children into American culture, one of the objectives was to get them to turn away from the use of their native languages. In recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the U.S., The Conversation turned…

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Booker Prize winner Marlon James on writing the 'African Game of Thrones'

Salmon Rushdie described him as "one of the most important voices of his literary generation" and "an author who must be read". Booker Prize winner Marlon James speaks to Eve Jackson about his trilogy dubbed the "African Game of Thrones". The first book of the epic fantasy series the Dark…

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Hieroglyphs at the British Museum: how the Rosetta Stone opened up 4,000 years of knowledge to the world

This new blockbuster show, which opens today, tells the story of one of how one of human history’s oldest written languages was decoded

Evening Standard

Disinformation in Spanish is prolific on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube despite vows to act

Social media platforms’ failure to eradicate the false information amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement, advocates say

The Guardian - US

'Ground-breaking' language plan paves way for Scots variants to flourish

A “GROUNDBREAKING” language plan in Shetland should pave the way for Scots to “gain the foothold it deserves”, a linguistics expert has said.

The National (Scotland)

Karl, Karel or Karol? The translation confusion over King Charles III's name, explained

Prince Charles is no more. In the English-speaking world, we’re now getting used to calling the former Prince of Wales “King Charles III”. As the King has chosen to keep his birth name as his regnal title, the change isn’t too difficult. But in other languages, things are more complicated.

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No! Protests Against The Mauritanian Language Law Continue

The survival of Mauritania’s non-Arabic cultures, according to opposition groups, would be threatened by a law that they have pledged to continue demonstrating against. The Mauritanian government says that the new law, passed this summer, is a much-needed educational reform.

Zenger

The Observer view on the shortsighted cuts to the BBC World Service

Removing radio broadcasts in several languages will severely damage Britain’s ability to promote its priorities and values

The Guardian - UK

‘Thisaidhorum Dravidam’: vast and liberating expanse of translation

An initiative of the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation to identify and translate Tamil literary works into English and other Dravidian languages has picked up steam. Several books are set to be released around November

The Hindu

Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks

Corporation to end production of radio output in 10 languages, including Chinese, Hindi and Arabic, as it blames licence fee freeze

The Guardian - UK

Technology: ICCR Signs MoU With Google To Ease Search In Sanskrit

ICCR and Google are collaborating to improve the Sanskrit translation experience. This will help Google improve artificial intelligence for translating Sanskrit text to various other languages and vice versa. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish language, in the Syrian constitution could one day lead to establishing whistled languages in Syria. The Syrian-Kurdish negotiator said there shouldn’t be an issue with whistled languages if they could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Just Gonna Say It: So-Called Australia Should Learn From NZ Widely Use Aboriginal Languages

Teach 'em in schools, put 'em on signs, whatever. There's no reason not to show the first languages of this land the respect they deserve.

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Stalin launches Tamil Parappurai Kazhagam to teach the language to the diaspora

Tamil text books in 24 languages launched for level one. Video books are available in 12 languages

The Hindu

Open access digital repository of academic resources unveiled by Azim Premji University

It is the first-of-its-kind digital repository of academic resources translated from English to Indian languages

The Hindu

Seat row | Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao asks IndiGo to start respecting local languages

The Minister was responding a tweet by a flyer Devasmita Chakraverty who claimed that a woman who was originally sitting in emergency exit row was forced to vacate because she did not understand English/ Hindi

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NEP 2020 recognises all local languages as ‘Bharat Basha’, says Union Education Minister

India has the knowledge capability to find sustainable solutions at a global level, Dharmendra Pradhan said

The Hindu

Centre to promote use of Hindi in government offices, banks in foreign countries

The Education ministry is pushing for technical education in regional languages

Dynamite News

Karnataka to enact law to make Kannada mandatory

Amid protests and anger in some quarters against observing 'Hindi Diwas', Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday his government is bringing in a legislation to make Kannada "mandatory" in the State. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Hindi not competitor but friend of all regional languages: Amit Shah

Amit Shah observed that unless the Hindi language becomes flexible, it cannot grow

Dynamite News

Hindi Diwas 2022: Official language Hindi unites nation in thread of unity, says Amit Shah

Official language Hindi unites the nation in the thread of unity. Hindi is a friend of all Indian languages. Read more on Dynamite News

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Visitors from Middle-earth

Amazon Prime's most anticipated fantasy series The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power finally premiered its first episodes on the platform last week, marking a strong start with breathtaking cinematography, excellent visual effects, a compelling story and a huge budget of reportedly US$60 million (2.1 billion baht) per…

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Basic skills poor in Hindi, but poorer in regional languages: NCERT

Survey provides baseline for government’s NIPUN mission to improve foundational learning

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