Language Loss News Today

Thousand of languages are in danger of disappearing — here's why they need saving

Social media is giving a new lifeline to Bhutan’s native languages, which do not have written script and lack proper documentation.

Bangladeshi immigrant communities face the challenge of cultural preservation in the fast-paced melting pot of America.

The ethnic people are gradually forgetting their languages, which means they are also forgetting their own culture and heritage

This study aimed to track language development and possible factors of language loss in 50 primary-school-aged bilingual Dutch-English children, and it follows up a study conducted one year prior. Dutch language skills were assessed through the standardized language test CELF4-NL and language background factors were assessed through the Alberta Language Environment Questionnaire. Reading books in the native language Dutch contributed significantly to children's language development. Speakin...

2021/02/23 21:00 TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 23 February 2021 - In response to UNs call for the preservation of mother languages, International Mother Language Day -- Indigenous Language Revitalization Award Ceremony and Forum on Taiwan Indigenous Language Development was held in Taiwan on February 20 and 21. Indigenous languages and official languages were used together throughout the events, including Indigenous Language Revitalization Award Ceremony and a keynote speech ...

Of things? >> theres three broad categories when something like this happens, some sort of brain injury of some sort, he doesnt appear to have had that and usually causes a short term memory problem as opposed to language loss, you think hes malingering or a hoax, and this dissociative amnesia usually because of a traumatic event people will literally wall off a part of their lives. >> we met somebody after their honeymoon as theyre going to the airport to leave for the honeymoon they disappear ...