Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing people to express ideas, emotions, imagination and much more. But even while speaking the same language, no two people sound exactly ...
February 21 is World Mother Language Day. Al Jazeera looks at the most spoken languages and which ones are endangered.
All right, I know that I am a strange duck. Things interest me about which most people would have no interest at all. I admit it. But, since you asked, let’s talk just a minute about endangered and ...
An Irish proverb advises that it is often wise for one to hold his tongue. An té is ciúine is é is buaine, or “he who is silent is the stronger.” But that ancestral wisdom isn’t the best policy when ...
Languages, like animal species, can go extinct. More than half of the world’s approximately 7,000 signed and spoken languages are currently endangered. And without intervention they are likely to ...
Linguistic diversity, sustainability, and the future of the past / Suzanne Romaine -- When is an "extinct language" not extinct? : Miami, a formerly sleeping language / Wesley Y. Leonard -- Evaluating ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. In a. world where the English spreads globally via the ...
On International Mother Language Day, we explore which languages are most at risk of disappearing, where they are spoken, and ...