Language
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The ‘rashtrapatni’ row should make us rethink the everyday bias against women in our languages
Rohan Banerjee
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‘Rashtrapatni’ row is a reminder of the sexist roots of language – and a suggestion by Bal Thackeray
Bijayani Mishra Harsh Vardhan
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A Google engineer mistook a powerful AI as sentient because of this human cognitive glitch
Kyle Mahowald, The Conversation Anna A Ivanova, The Conversation
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How Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) advocated for the language as a ‘civilisational gain’
Rizwan Ahmad
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‘Let people speak any language they want’: Singer Sonu Nigam on claims of Hindi as national language
Scroll Staff
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Is Ukrainian a dialect of Russian or an altogether different language?
Joshua Holzer, The Conversation
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Why Assam is up in arms against Amit Shah’s proposal to make Hindi compulsory till Class 10
Rokibuz Zaman
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Watch: This carpet-cleaner from America can speak more than 30 languages
Scroll Staff
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For Shudras and Adivasis to have a shot at a better life, English language education is essential
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
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Linguistic war: How similar (and different) are Ukrainian and Russian languages?
Neil Bermel, The Conversation
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Why people hate or love the sound of certain words
Morten H Christiansen, The Conversation Nick Chater, The Conversation
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Five ways in which British English has changed in the internet era
Vaclav Brezina, The Conversation
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Watch: How actor Dhanush responded when asked to say something in ‘south’ by journalist
Scroll Staff
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How Kashmir’s emerging hip-hop scene could enable the revival of the fading local language of Koshur
Sheikh Safwan
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The journey of Pallava script from Tamil Nadu to South East Asia
Ajay Kamalakaran
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Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t
Willem Hollmann, The Conversation
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Scientists find striking parallels between the babbling of bat pups and human babies
Ahana Aurora Fernandez, The Conversation
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Peggy Mohan’s book on India’s languages does not tell stories that suit the new political narrative
Umang Poddar
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Punctuation: The surprise weapon of Black writers and journalists in their activism
Eurie Dahn, The Conversation
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How Covid-19 has not only changed our vocabulary, but also made us use language more gently
Janice Pariat