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    Advancing Arabic: The passion of Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre

    12 Jan 2023

    Organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), the Al Ain Book Festival 2022 (Nov. 14 – 20) had welcomed over 74,000 visitors for hundreds of performances, seminars and workshops across five cultural locations in the emirate.

    Austrian government slammed over ‘ghetto classes’ for migrant children

    18 Jan 2020

    Every morning Abulrahman leaves his normal primary school lessons in Vienna and joins about 20 other children for three hours to learn to read, write and speak German.

    Mispronouncing everyday words: Some irritating examples

    27 Jun 2021

    Twenty-six per cent of the respondents however, were furious when people used the word “expresso” instead of “espresso”.

    Qasr Al Watan’s souvenirs and Arabic language in spotlight

    26 Oct 2021

    One visit to Qasr Al Watan is never enough to take it all in: the Palace of the Nation provides an enriching experience that takes visitors on a cultural journey to explore the wonders of Arabian culture and artistry, artefacts and Islamic art.

    22-year-old Nakia Smith uses TikTok to help deaf Black Americans preserve their brand of sign language

    24 May 2021

    The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language.

    1,500 languages could die out by 2100, says new study

    02 Jan 2022

    The research by Australian National University (ANU) found that of the world's 7,000 recognised languages, around half are currently endangered - with 1,500 particularly at risk.

    'Mr Pan Masala, Hindi was never our national language,' says activists as Ajay Devgn, Sudeep try to end language row

    28 Apr 2022

    Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy slams Bollywood star over stance on Hindi, saying, "India is a garden of many languages. Ajay Devgn has spoken like a mouthpiece of BJP and its Hindi nationalism."

    Sign language interpreters lend a helping hand to people of determination at Expo 2020

    05 Jan 2022

    A team of Sign Language interpreters is bringing smiles on the faces of the people of determination at Expo 2020 Dubai.

    List of unparliamentary words raises a storm

    18 Jul 2022

    Are presiding officers of the two houses of India’s Parliament trying to shield the Narendra Modi government by raising a firewall against criticism?

    Not all English is the same

    07 Jul 2022

    Languages are funny things. Even when two or more countries speak the same language, they may sometimes still not be able to understand each other. This can happen in French, Arabic and definitely English. Not only do accents vary from country to country when the same language is being spoken by a native speaker so do words and phrases.

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