Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether someone's speech is a language or a dialect is a matter of both linguistics and politics ...

What does it mean to learn the Chinese language? Schools across the globe have generally presumed a consistent, straightforward answer to this question: it would mean learning standard Mandarin, ...

A new resolution at the State Capitol is putting a spotlight on Appalachian culture and the way people speak throughout the ...

“Our captain has a handicap to cope with, sad to tell. He’s from Georgia, and he doesn’t speak the language very well.” — ‘It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier’ by Tom Lehrer. Citizens of Georgia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up as a first-generation Cuban American in Miami, Ismael Llano never thought twice about the way he spoke. “It’s one of ...

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is about to say “hello” — and “hola,” “bonjour,” “cześć” and “ni hao” — to a new, two-day festival. The Festival of Languages and Dialects (FOLD) will debut at ...