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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…

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.

Vachana translation workshop inaugurated at Central University in Kalaburagi

On an extraordinary Māori writer sometimes in Mangakino, translated into Bahasa, Mandarin, Italian, French, Spanish and Romanian.

The gubernatorial remarks on Aryan-Dravidian differences can only be described as a case of historical negationism

People with disability and their family members from non-English speaking refugee backgrounds come up against language and communication barriers when they try to access services, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

With COVID-19, an insurrection, increased hate, bigotry, intolerance and more, Obama said she felt “out of balance. ... I felt vulnerable and yes, at times, I felt afraid.”

CIIL is also planning to launch “Makers of Indian Linguistics”, a series of biographical monographs on linguists