The Latest Breaking News from Languages

Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’

Microsoft Teams will soon support several new or expanded translation features that increase the accessiblity of meetings. Teams also has a Storyline integration on the way.

AI company ElevenLabs have worked with the Jerry Garcia estate to recreate the Grateful Dead founder's voice

Joint FBI and CISA advisory warns against using memory-unsafe languages for critical infrastructure.

A Dutch publisher has announced that it will use AI to translate some of its books – but those in the industry are worried about the consequences if this becomes the norm

Many liberal Russians shelter in states once part of the Soviet Union. It’s time that they learned to respect the cultures and languages their nation has so long suppressed

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of palindromic phrases, which read the same backwards as they do forwards, written with circular symbols. As she discovers various clues, different nations around the world interpret the messages…

Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonisers, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, each group trying to assert linguistic as well as economic and social control.

Ove the last few days, I gave two talks on immigration in Switzerland. Here are some reflections on that experience.