In Canada there is a common belief that the only minority language (s) entitled to protection are the ones with official or other recognized status. But according to international human rights ...

Over 6,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, but a substantial minority—well over 5%—are in danger of dying out. It is perhaps surprising that this fraction is no higher, as most models have ...

Israfil Hummatov, a 71-year-old member of Azerbaijan’s Gryz ethnic minority, grew up speaking Gryz, a Caucasian language unrelated to the Turkic Azerbaijani. But as he looks at the younger generations ...

Cornish is part of the Celtic family of languages, traditionally spoken in Cornwall in the south-west of Great Britain. From ...

Language identity refers to the ways in which individuals and communities use language to define and express who they are. In minority education contexts, this notion intersects with issues of power, ...

Minority languages are often associated with aging rural communities, thought to have fallen out of use or confined to textbooks. Defined simply as a language spoken by less than half of the ...

In Tunisia, the mother tongue is dialectal Arabic, followed by classical Arabic, then French, English and one other optional language. Classical Arabic is the official language of the State, French is ...

New report by Council of Europe says Serbian, Croatian and German minority languages remain underrepresented in Slovenia's education system and mass media. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L), ...

The Liet International, a competition for minority and regional languages, lacks the glitz of Eurovision. But its organizers say it helps keep endangered tongues alive. By Alex Marshall Follow live ...

In August 2022, Statistics Canada released the latest census data on languages in Canada. According to the data, over nine million people — or one in four Canadians — has a mother tongue other than ...

A new study uses mathematical modelling to suggest two mechanisms through which majority and minority languages come to coexist in the same area. Over 6,000 languages are currently spoken worldwide, ...