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Young Britons are weakening the ‘r’ sound, finds new study

Published in Language and Speech, researchers captured physical speech changes, noticing the steepest decline among younger women.

‘Will Census data be mined for other purposes?’ 108 former civil servants ask Centre

The open letter, signed by 108 former civil servants, expresses concerns over the features of Census 2027.

Learning multiple languages can slow brain ageing, says new study

The findings of the research were presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2026.

What is ConlangCrafter? A new AI tool that can guess how aliens speak

The AI tool has been built by researchers at Tel Aviv University, Carnegie Mellon University, and UC Berkeley.

How tickling gorillas & human children helped scientists study the evolution of language

The research, published in the journal Communications Biology, compared laughter recordings from orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees and human children and found a constant rhythm.

The futility of linguistic chauvinism

Considering one's own language as being superior to someone else’s exposes the narrowness of one’s own mind

Prof Meeta Narain becomes first Indian to be honoured with Helena Roerich International Medal

Prof Narain has over four decades of experience in the study and research of the Russian language.

What’s in a name? What Jhumpa Lahiri taught me about belonging and borrowed tongues

My name always arrived before I did, and it arrived carrying questions, which, over time, began to feel like small border checks.

I was nervous about speaking my parents’ language Bengali, says Jhumpa Lahiri

For Jhumpa Lahiri, whose life and writing have been shaped by migration between continents and languages, the immigrant condition is now inseparable from a deeply divided political world.

Malayalam Bill 2.0: Kerala revives push for language law, addresses lapses after President denied assent

New bill tabled in assembly to make Malayalam the state's official language & put it at core of governance & education. Previous bill passed in 2015, but returned by President this year.

On Camera

US midterms a signal for India—build bipartisan ties & work on policies, not personalities

The trust deficit between the over six million Indian voters and the Republican Party and the disillusionment over Trump’s immigration and visa policies have resulted in the poll debacle.

Small towns, big money: Meet India’s auto dealer families making 7x the average middle-class income

An average car dealer makes about Rs 2.5 crore per year, similar to the compensation received by a Board Director of a BSE 100 listed company.

Big change in Agnipath scheme: Govt grants 2-yr extension to the 75% Agniveers not selected for service

This has now created a pathway for all Agniveers to potentially join the defence forces as regular soldiers after their tenure of six years.

Netanyahu has won because he isn’t defeated. And Israel is left more divided

Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.