Security through Education: #Estonia ’s Language Transition. One-fifth of Estonians have Russian roots. To integrate this minority better, the government has decided to phase out Russian-language education. www.zois-berlin.de/en/publicati... via @zois.bsky.social #langsky

Canada’s Prime Minister called out for ‘utilizing’ British spelling This one’s a little funny to me, because Canada’s spelling conventions are an interesting mix of American and British conventions in the first place. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Language connection discovered in chimpanzee brains - a discovery about the evolutionary basis of our #language: www.cbs.mpg.de/2358103/2025... #languages #learning #brain #evolution #communication

‘I'm very worried about the coarseness of language,’ Irish PM tells Euronews www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... via @euronews.com #political #discourse #langsky

Bonobos create phrases in similar ways to humans, new study suggests theconversation.com/bonobos-crea... #primatology #linguistics #language #anthropology #evolution #science @us.theconversation.com

Some Ukrainians speak Russian language ... #language #ukrainian #russian #identity #independence kyivindependent.com/explainer-wh...

EJLP 17.1 grapples with one of the most pressing challenges of our time: sustaining linguistic diversity among the dual forces of globalisation & homogenisation: bit.ly/EJLP17-1 #OpenAccess via @projectmuse.bsky.social. @eurolang.bsky.social @languageguide.eu @globalvoices.org @oaling.bsky.social

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition is seeking a new co-editor! Learn more and how to apply: ✍️ cup.org/4ji1WAt #linguistics #bilingualism

Some Ukrainians speak Russian language ... #language #ukrainian #russian #identity #independence kyivindependent.com/explainer-wh...

International Mother Language Day 2025 - a worldwide holiday to celebrate #multilingualism and linguistic diversity globalvoices.org/special/inte... via @globalvoices.org #imld25 #language #langsky

Interesting and visualized information about #words most frequently translated into #English by Google: www.beautifulinenglish.com #language #translation #langsky

Most spoken foreign #languages in the #EU: #English is spoken by about half of the Europeans (47%) as a second language, increasing 5 percentage points since 2012. After English, #French (11%) #German (10%) and #Spanish (7%) are the most spoken foreign languages. #langsky europa.eu/eurobaromete...

Submitted! There's still time to submit an abstract for @spanishinsoc.bsky.social to share your work related to the #Spanish #language! #linguistics #langsky

#Language models come close to being able to generate human-like conversations. This is how they can be used in #languagelearning: www.icls.edu/blog/6-ways-... #chatGPT #LangSky

European AI on the rise: OpenGPT-X publishes "Teuken-7B". OpenGPT-X has presented "Teuken-7B", a language model that has been trained in 24 official EU languages. www.digitec.ch/en/page/euro... via digitec.ch #opengpt #langsky

Enshittification - the gradual deterioration of a service or product - has been named Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. If words are coined because we need them, what does this say about our times? #language #edtech www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883076...

The Power of #Language: Myriad of Benefits of #Multilingualism: Cognitive, academic and social aspects of #bilingualism by Yale News: yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/10... knowledge-centre-interpretation.education.ec.europa.eu/en/news/powe...

The Language Checkers: how #multilingual #children help with research www.deutschland.de/en/topic/kno... via deutschland.de #langsky

The debate continues #AI vs. #humantranslation www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n... #Translation #Languages

#Learning a second #language during childhood helps build a more #efficient #brain: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

Just resharing my paper here on parental experiences of #languagelearning and how these could impact on children’s motivation to learn a language at secondary school doi.org/10.1080/1750...

International Seminar on Experiences in Revitalising Indigenous Languages www.unesco.org/en/articles/... via @unesconow.bsky.social #indigenous #languages #langsky

www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/go... While a noble cause, I'm still not convinced that LLMs are a viable path to saving endangered languages.