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From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in.

Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in nine South African cultures. The list includes 136 frog and 407 reptile species that have been scientifically…

Other lives: Modern languages teacher in Harlow who was an active member of the town’s community life

Languages are windows into the worlds of the people who speak them – reflecting what they value and experience daily.

The fascinating story of the ancient words that survive in the mouths of billions of speakers today

Remember the first time you watched a foreign film with awful dubbed dialogue? The lips moving one way while completely disconnected words floated through the air? For decades, this jarring viewing experience was simply what we accepted as the price of crossing language barriers in entertainment.

A decades-old spat over alleged Hindi imposition in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has erupted again. Here’s why.

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people

Python is on the top-three list of the most used programming languages worldwide, supporting a broad spectrum of solutions, covering web applications, data analysis, and artificial intelligence and automation.