Languages News
 The World's Ten Most Endangered Languages (Arts Journal) "There are more than 6,900 languages used around the world today, ranging in size from those with hundreds of millions of speakers to those with only one or two. Language experts now estimate that as many as half of the existing languages are endangered, and by the year 2050 they will be extinct.
DCCA strives to save dying languages (Saipan Tribune) In an effort to save the deteriorating state of the CNMI's two distinct native languages, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is now drafting a grant for language assistance to be submitted to the Office of the Governor for approval sometime in January 2009.
Peter K Austin's top 10 endangered languages (Guardian Unlimited) The linguistics professor and author shares a personal selection from the thousands of languages on the brink of disappearing
Nigeria: Help, Country Languages Are Dying (AllAfrica.com) The recent alarm by the Culture and Tourism minister, Chief Kayode Olatokunbo that some Nigerian languages are fading away because they are no longer being spoken by their people, has added to the growing fear that the nation is under the threat of cultural extinction.
hi5 Offers Mobile Social Networking In 26 Languages (InformationWeek) The social networking site's hi5 Mobile service is aimed at smartphone and PDA users worldwide.
Academy expands world languages (Hampton Union) HAMPTON and#8212;and#8212; Hampton Academy students will spend more time learning foreign languages this school year.
hi5 Mobile Launches Worldwide in 26 Languages (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) hi5 Networks, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing social networks, today announced the availability of hi5 Mobile. The rapidly growing global social networking site is now available on mobile phones in 26 different languages. hi5 Mobile sets a new precedent for the globalization of the mobile web and provides access to the millions of international users who primarily use mobile ...
ETBU introduces new writing program (The Marshall News Messenger) The Department of Languages and Literature at East Texas Baptist University announced the introduction of a new writing program this fall term, an official from the department said.
QU names head of languages department (Gulf Times) MONEERA al-Ghadeer is the new head of the Foreign Languages Department at Qatar University's College of Arts and Sciences, it was announced yesterday by the office of vice president and chief academic officer Sheikha bin Jabor al-Thani.
News > Opinion (Queens Courier) When my physician husband, before his retirement from practice in the Flushing area, had some difficulty understanding the various different languages spoken by his patients, he would suggest that they bring along their school-age children.
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