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Portuguese Planning for Immigrants

The president of Portugal’s recently created Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), Luís Goes Pinheiro, has announced a plan, aimed at immigrants in...

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Bahasa Indonesia Made UNESCO Official Language

Bahasa Indonesia, the official and national language of Indonesia, has been designated an official language of UNESCO at its recent General Conference in Paris....

Japanese Guide Created for Immigrants

As Japan’s immigrant population reaches record highs in response to demand for workers as the country's indigenous population ages, volunteers in the Western prefecture...

Swedish Dictionary Complete After 140 Years

The definitive record of the Swedish language in the form of an official Swedish dictionary has finally reached completion after 140 years in the...

Macron Backs Ban on Gender-Inclusive French 

In France, the Senate, including President Macron, has voted in favor of a proposed law banning the use of gender neutral and gender inclusive language...

University Trains Mexican Indigenous Language Teachers

On October 12, the date which commemorates the beginning of the European conquest of America, the new University of Indigenous Languages of Mexico (ULIM)...

Russian Schools Begin to Offer Swahili and Amharic

In Russia's capital Moscow, three schools have introduced the teaching of either Swahili or Amharic as a second foreign language this fall. According to Sputnik...

Campaign for Official Recognition of Catalan

The Catalan government has launched a Europe-wide PR campaign in the midst of negotiations to reform the list of official European Union (EU) languages....

Mandarin Learning Boom in Rwanda

As relations between China and many African countries strengthen, a Mandarin learning is booming all over the continent.  In Rwanda, Chinese languages are gaining prominence...

Universidad de Salamanca hosts Dia de las Lenguas Africanas

On October 20, the Faculty of Philology at the University of Salamanca in Spain is hosting Dia de las Lenguas Africanas, or the Day...

Mali drops French as an official language

In a constitutional change, Mali, the eighth-largest country in Africa, has dropped French—its official language since 1960. The new constitution is reported as having an...

Sign officially becomes South Africa’s 12th language

Last month in Pretoria, South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa made sign language the 12th official language during an official ceremony at the Union Buildings. The...

Non-Native Speakers Failing on English Medium Courses in Sweden

A new study by Swedish language researchers has suggested a marked negative impact on students in higher education when taught in English, if they...

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