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Britain has abandoned Afghans yet again | Brief letters
No resettlement for Afghans | Cool or cold? | Inspired delivery | Harking backIt seems that the government has…
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From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages
With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve …
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Māori language ‘at risk’ as a result of government policies, commissioner says
Prof Rawinia Higgins tells the Guardian that te reo Māori is under threat from the rightwing coalition despite…
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‘Weather magic’ and wind lore: the push to preserve ancient knowledge in Vanuatu
‘Talking dictionaries’ among the tools used by researchers to document languages and record Indigenous environ…
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Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang
Dr Steph Kaefer spent three weeks documenting unique colloquialisms on the frozen continent after newcomers we…
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Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos
Exploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary…
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Speaking a mother tongue fosters a sense of cultural identity | Letters
Shakeel Suleman, Penny Salter, Jamila Begum and Richard Lamsdale respond to an article by Saima Mir on how lan…
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Japan chooses ‘war’ as kanji of the year amid Ukraine conflict and Abe assassination
The character, chosen by public vote, reflected feelings about the state of the world and anxiety over living …
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Healing words: Taiwan’s tribes fight to save their disappearing languages
The island’s Indigenous people are in a race against time to save their native tongues before they are lost fo…
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‘Hello work’ or job centre? language experts spell trouble for Japan’s mangled English
Group of language experts is taking local governments and organisations to task for their over-reliance on mac…