Whether someone's speech is a language or a dialect is a matter of both linguistics and politics. illust-monster/iStock/Getty Images Plus In 2022, after the start of ...
What does it mean to learn the Chinese language? Schools across the globe have generally presumed a consistent, straightforward answer to this question: it would mean learning standard Mandarin, ...
Elders in Paulatuk, N.W.T., say more can be done to save their coastal dialect of Inuvialuktun. A language program that's ...
Pontic Greek, which closely resembles Ancient Greek still lives on today, in communities near Turkey's Black Sea coast.
Do you order a coke? Pop? Or a soda? Eat apple brown betty? Crumble? Crisp? Pan dowdy? Live near a creek? A branch? A stream? Or a brook? Nibble on pee-cans, or pe-cahns? The words we choose and the ...
rom the first rehearsal for the Maryland Renaissance Festival, Mary Ann Jung, the festival’s director of Renaissance history and Shakespearean language, has her fellow actors come up with a greeting ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – It’s no secret that there are many things that are different and unique about New Mexico, that includes unique dialect of the Spanish language. A new project is underway to ...
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian on Duolingo, a language learning website and mobile app, has increased by more than 500%. Most of those who are taking up ...