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Qiu Xigui obituary
Paleographer, historian and expert on ancient Chinese writingQiu Xigui, who has died aged 89, first made his m…
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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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‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in Poland’s capital
Many from Ukraine, Belarus and other ex-Soviet states mostly get by in Russian – but its prevalence is startin…
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‘We want Filipinos to hug themselves’: the P-pop stars reconnecting with their culture
Alamat are aiming to bring their music to the world – by singing in their local languagesVocal coach Zebedee Z…
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Chinese dialects in decline as government enforces Mandarin
Linguists concerned as regional languages dwindle amid push to strengthen uniform national identityTwo years a…
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K-beauty, hallyu and mukbang: dozens of Korean words added to Oxford English Dictionary
New additions highlight Korean culture wave as interest in the country’s food, fashion and entertainment sprea…
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Ziauddin Shakeb obituary
My grandfather Ziauddin Shakeb, who has died aged 87 of pulmonary oedema, was a historian of Indo-Persian rela…