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Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds

Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

The Guardian - UK

Language GCSE take-up much lower in less affluent schools in England – report

Teacher recruitment challenges hit schools serving disadvantaged communities hardest, a survey suggests.

The Independent UK

What Glastonbury is like for deaf people – one of the festival’s DeafZone coordinators explains

For the past few years at Glastonbury, sign language interpreters have gone viral on social media for enthusiastically signing songs beside the stage. But those clips tell us nothing about what the overall experience of the festival is like for deaf people. How do deaf people experience and enjoy live…

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Endangered languages and a fragile Earth: Barbican unveils its Autumn 2025 programme

The Barbican has unveiled its Autumn 2025 programme featuring events on endangered languages, environmental discussions, and a new festival on Fragile Earth

Evening Standard

This Group Is Dedicated To Things That Only Happen In Europe, Here Are 40 Of The Most Interesting Ones

Picture 746 million people living in 50 (+6) countries, speaking 24 (official) languages in a continent that stretches 3,930,000 sq mi. Yep, we’re talking Europe.

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MSPs pass bill giving Gaelic and Scots official status in Scotland

MSPs have passed a bill which gives the Gaelic and Scots languages official status in Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says migrants should learn English to integrate. Is he being fair?

The UK government’s proposed immigration reforms emphasise the need for migrants to learn English in order to integrate successfully.

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Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don’t? It’s one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive languages built on complex structures, which let us talk about the past, the future, imaginary worlds, moral dilemmas and…

The Conversation

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o obituary

Distinguished Kenyan novelist, poet and academic who championed writing in African languages rather than in English

The Guardian - UK

Eid al-Adha greetings in different languages

Eid al-Adha is celebrated on the third day of Hajj. Here’s how to say ‘Eid Mubarak’ in different languages.

Al Jazeera

3 things Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o taught me: language matters, stories are universal, Africa can thrive

Celebrated Kenyan writer and decolonial scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o passed away on 28 May at the age of 87. Many tributes and obituaries have appeared across the world, but we wanted to know more about Thiong'o the man and his thought processes. So we asked Charles Cantalupo, a leading scholar…

The Conversation

Lost In Translation: Type In The Correct Song Titles For These 25 Scrambled Hits

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Kannada and Tamil have sisterhood: Not right to say one came from other, say linguists

At the audio launch of Thug Life, his upcoming film with director Mani Rathnam, Kamal Haasan looked at Kannada actor Shivarajkumar and said that you would be included in my love for Tamil because your language came out of mine. It did not seem like a concerted attempt to insult Kannada or…

Newslaundry

Indonesia's Indosat and Goto unveil a new 'sovereign AI' that can chat in the country's most-used languages

The two firms' new 70 billion parameter LLM can operate in Bahasa Indonesia, as well as Javanese, Balinese and Bataknese.

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Radio France Internationale

Will young people be the saviours of France's endangered Breton language?

Half of France's regional languages are considered 'seriously endangered' according to Unesco, but in the west of the country, where the decline in Breton speakers has accelerated in recent years, a network of schools is fighting the decline.

AAP

The power of music sustaining Indigenous languages

The power of music to revitalise and safeguard Indigenous languages is being explored in a new digital project with First Nations musicians.

The Guardian - US

A life in quotes: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The Kenyan author and political dissident, a giant of African literature and champion of indigenous African languages, died aged 87.

Euronews

Spanish minority language question echoes across Europe

Spain is continuing to push for greater recognition of its regional languages at EU level, but it's far from alone among countries wresting with a multilingual population where some feel less recognised.

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Spain fails again to secure unanimity to make Catalan, Galician and Basque official EU languages

The Spanish request fell short of the necessary majority, as countries like Finland, Sweden and Austria voiced their reservations.

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“My Native Language Doesn’t Have The Word For It”: 17 People Share What Words In Foreign Languages They Absolutely Love Using

Every language boasts words that are one of a kind. Some are charming because they are oddly specific, others simply sound beautiful. Here's a list of some of the people's favorite linguistic gems.

Radio France Internationale

The last word: why half of the world's languages could vanish this century

There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking. Unesco estimates that half could disappear by the end of the century. So how are languages lost, and what does that mean for the people who speak them?

The Conversation

Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at school, and more than half of all those polled were interested in learning a…

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96 Pics That Show How Time Changed People But Not Their Love For Each Other

72 years and counting!

TechRadar

The programming language that defines the internet is 30 years old today: Happy birthday, Java

Java turns 30 with a legacy built on platform independence, backwards compatibility, and cautious evolution, proving that stability, not hype, drives long-term relevance in tech.

The Independent UK

In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands

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