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Previously Unknown 9th-Century Old English Copy of Caedmon’s Hymn Found in Rome

The Old English text with dotted word breaks signals growing prestige for vernacular writing in early medieval England.

ArXiv Preprint Says Prompts Drive Many LVLM Hallucinations

Peer-Reviewed Study Detects Human-Like Vowel Patterns in Sperm Whale Clicks

Global Study of 1,700 Languages Finds One-Third of Proposed Universals Hold

Apple Adds 11 App Store Connect Languages, Reaching 50

PNAS Nexus Study Argues Human Grammar Evolved to Showcase Wit

Hof Museum Seeks Local Swearwords for Autumn Exhibition

Kagi’s ‘LinkedIn Speak’ Translator Goes Viral With Two‑Way Jargon-to-Plain English Tool

French Rises to No. 4 Worldwide With 396 Million Speakers, OIF Reports

UNAM Turns to AI to Digitally Preserve Mexico’s Indigenous Languages

RAE Clarifies Morning Greeting: ‘Buen Día’ and ‘Buenos Días’ Are Both Correct, Plural Preferred in Standard Spanish

New Study Details Racial Discrimination in German Schools, With Turkish and Arab Students Most Affected

France Orders Prosecutors to Drop Cases Over Tilde in Children’s Names

SEP Delivers Indigenous-Language Textbooks, Moves To Make Them Part of Official LTG

Valencian Language Academy Rejects Bilingual “Valencia/Valéncia” Name, Upholds “València”

Wispr Launches Flow on Android With Floating Bubble and Faster Dictation

Vice-President Visits Tamil Nadu After Releasing Tamil, Gujarati Constitution Editions

Mamata Banerjee Alleges Targeting of Bengali Speakers and Voter-List Deletions on Mother Language Day

Indian Inscriptions in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Visits by Tamil and Other Travelers

Odisha Proposes Revising English Spellings of 24 Places, Including Seven Districts