Is Your Language All-Inclusive?

Is it fair to say that a language is non-inclusive or sexist? Most languages (mainly those derived from Latin and Greek) have a somewhat special quirk: grammatical gender. For example,

Language in Sports: Communication in European Football

Football (or soccer, as it’s known to North Americans) is the world’s most popular sport. In all corners of the globe, one can find football being played. It’s only natural,

Language in Sports: Interpreting in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball has not always been multinationally diverse. For much of its early history, the top-level North American professional baseball league was marred by racism and xenophobia; it wasn’t

The Advantages of Using Podcasts to Learn New Languages

“I feel like learning a new language” is something we tend to hear and even think. The problem lies less in being motivated than it does in finding the motivation.

The most spoken languages

Communication with others is essential for people to live together, whether in our own country with the people that surround us, or in another country far from our own. We

Languages, Lives and Lessons

I recently encountered a couple interesting pieces of media and I wanted to share my experience. First, I watched an extremely candid TED speech by a doctor proclaiming an unspoken

Nordic Languages…Similarities

The languages that are commonly known as Nordic have Germanic roots and are spoken throughout the countries of Scandinavia, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Although they are also called Scandinavian

World Affairs Article: Let Languages Die

Esteemed linguist John McWhorter has published an article on the coming century in language evolution. Working on the idea that 90% of the world’s 6,000 languages will not survive to

When Speaking the Same Language Doesn’t Mean Being Able to Communicate

Today we’ll shift gears a bit and recommend a highly awarded film: “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” directed by Wayne Wang. It earned itself the distinction of Best Film

How WPML Helps WordPress Sites Reach the World

In today’s digital landscape, a single-language website is no longer enough. As internet access continues to grow worldwide, users expect websites to provide information in their native language. For organizations

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