February 21 is World Mother Language Day. Al Jazeera looks at the most spoken languages and which ones are endangered.

There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Well, every year, the American Community Survey, a survey affiliated with the US Census Bureau, asks people across the country to share what ...

For the first time, one-third of King County residents speak a non-English language at home, but with sharp difference across neighborhoods, FYI Guy writes.

In India, speaking more than one language is rather commonplace. Many of us move between Hindi and English (and a jumble of the two) when we’re outside, switch to our mother tongue at home, and adjust ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is a beautiful, diverse place with people from all over the world. We speak many languages, and this diversity reflects the cultural richness of the state. Officially, ...

America is one of the most diverse countries in the world, yet there is still a lot of struggle with language barriers. Many schools believe that only some languages should be taught like Spanish, ...

Have you ever wondered whether the language you speak influences the way you see the world? Well, according to a number of studies in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and linguistic ...

MACON, Ga. — Along with taking tabs on the population totals in Georgia and the rest of the United States, the U.S. Census tracks a variety of other aspects of American life — household size, ...

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...