A movement against Western influence threatens to close off a nation that succeeded in part by welcoming new ideas.
Tag: Language and Languages
Training the Next Generation of Indigenous Data Scientists
A new workshop explores the right of Indigenous people to govern the collection, ownership and use of their biological and cultural data.
India’s ‘Ugliest’ Language? Google’s Answer, Kannada, Drew a Backlash
A Google fact box singled out Kannada, a language spoken in the country’s south. The faux pas highlights the algorithm’s fallibility.
India’s ‘Ugliest’ Language? Google Had an Answer (and Drew a Backlash).
A Google fact box singled out Kannada, a language spoken in the country’s south. The faux pas highlights the algorithm’s fallibility.
He Is Senegalese and French, With Nothing to Reconcile
David Diop, an International Booker Prize finalist for his novel “At Night All Blood Is Black,” is among the writers whose work is helping France face its history with Africa.
Disappearing Slang and Cultural Variants: How Australian English Is Changing
Readers reflect on the country’s many different accents.
Neanderthals Listened to the World Much Like Us
A reconstructed Neanderthal ear adds a new piece to the puzzle of whether the early humans could speak.
‘Special and Beautiful’ Whistled Language Echoes Around This Island
On a jagged island in the Canary archipelago, a whistling language known as “Silbo Gomero” is still in use thanks to mandatory classes for schoolchildren.
Iceland Has a Request for Disney+: More Icelandic, Please
Disney brought its streaming service to Iceland last year. Now, the country’s education minister has sent a letter of complaint over the lack of Icelandic dubbing and subtitling.
China Frees Tashi Wangchuk, Tibetan Who Fought for Language Rights
Tashi Wangchuk was sentenced to five years in prison after telling The New York Times that Tibetan language education was being repressed.