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Language-related articles

This is a section for articles about language, languages, linguistics, translation, interpreting, lexicography, writing, learning languages, teaching languages and related topics.

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Writing, writing systems and other visual communication systems

• 5 Ways to Boost Your Mindset for Writing Success
• 5 Tips for Becoming a Better Legal Writer
• Medical Writing Tips That Could Help You Connect Better With Your Readers
• 10 Hacks to Improve Your Writing Skills in Your Foreign Language
• Greatest Challenges of Academic Writing for ESL Students
• Why Do Writers Abandon Their Native Language?
• The Hemingway App and Writing Clear Online Content
• How to write well in a language you're learning
• How to Overcome the Fear of Writing in a Foreign Language
• 5 Types of Awkward Wording to Avoid
• 8 Constructions You Should Avoid in English Writing
• The Importance of Clear Written Communication in Business
• Unlocking The World's Oldest Language Mysteries
• The difference between dashes in the English language
• The Silent Language of Ships at Sea
• The Devanagari Script
• Revolutionary Scripts: The Politics of Writing Systems
• New Perspectives on Digraphia
• Globalization in the Information Age: Western, Chinese and Arabic Writing Systems
• Tips on how to develop strong writing skills

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Language and linguistics

Academic papers / articles

• Mastering the rolled R using the Range Mapping technique
• Saussure's Basic Principles of Structural Linguistics
• Reduplication reflects uniqueness and innovation in language, thought and culture
• Can Having Highly Developed Cognitive Skills Stand in the Way of Learning a New Language?
• A Theory of Sentencoids
• Ancient Germanic Languages Documented – A Preliminary Sketch
• Categorisation, Categories and Prototypes
• Bilingualism
• Metaphors and Metonymy in Politics
• Language death and revival

Other articles related to language and linguistics

• 7 Creative Ways to Make Money with Your Language Skills
• Languages and Culture
• Languages Are Dying Rapidly; Thousands Are Expected to Extinct in This Century
• Some Interesting Facts About Language
• What languages are used in Spain?
• 12 of The Longest Words in The World
• Sarcasm in different languages
• Does Language Play a Significant Role in Nursing?
• A Beginner's Guide to Consonants
• 3 Creative Ways to Make Money with Your Language Skills
• Want to Speak a Foreign Language? Learn How to Meditate
• How to Avoid Phraseme Goofs in Other Languages
• Perfectionism and Language Learning
• 5 Reasons Slang is Important for Language Learning
• How to Start Speaking a Foreign Language
• How to Indicate Language Proficiency on your Resume
• Why math is the universal language
• The Connection between Language and Memory
• The Differences Between Native Speakers And Philologists
• Professional Slang in Web Design
• How The Brain Does Language
• New Era Update for the Centuries-Old Yiddish Language
• Origin of Language
• Selfie and Other Words With -ie
• First Words
• The extreme linguistic diversity of Papua New Guinea
• A quick guide to the language of the Internet
• How Technology Changes the Meaning of Familiar Words
• Astrolinguistics: Is Anybody Out There?
• How the "R" in English differs from other languages
• Multilingual Accessibility in International Communities
• The Psychology of Language: How Humans Convey Emotion through Speech
• Why is a turkey called a turkey? And why is Turkey, too?
• How Similar (and Different) Are European Languages
• About Vietnamese
• How the Language You Speak Affects Your Worldview
• About Pidgins and Creoles
• Cases in Italian, German, English
• Combinese - an international auxiliary language
• Form, Meaning and Use ... oh my!
• On the Origin of Language
• "Tip-of-the-Tongue" Syndrome: What It Reveals About Language
• Speech Errors and What They Reveal About Language
• Still Tongue-tied in America
• Words Upon Words
• The Value of Being a Multilingual Nurse
• Days of the week
• Rhotics Ready: Getting a Handle on the Consonant "r"
• 5 Forecasts for the Future of Turkish
• SLANG - Are you In or Out?
• That Squiggly Dash above an 'n' (and its linguistic significance)
• Medvedev: hard to pronounce for some!
• First language attrition
• A little multilingualism please
• Short words, basic ideas

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Language learning

• How Learning a New Language Changes Your Brain
• How Long Should It Take to Learn a Language?
• Learn a New Language: Expand Your International Business
• How to Master a Foreign Language: Use Your Contextual Memory and Forget About Grammar
• Top 10 Easy Languages You Can Learn
• How You Can Speed up Your Language Learning with the Internet
• The Beauty of the Hungarian Language
• How Does Speaking German and Spanish Help With Your Career?
• Language Learning Is A Numbers Game
• How to Learn Any New Language (Even When You Find It Hard to Remember Two Foreign Words)
• 4 Powerful Ways to Learn a New Language that You Haven't Considered
• Best Videos for Learning and Songs on YouTube
• Reading While Listening
• 5 ways to learn new languages
• How Knowing Greek and Latin Roots Can Help You Learn New Languages
• 5 Tips on How Serials Can Help You to Learn Language Fast
• 5 Simple Language Learning Strategies Guaranteed To Help You
• Great movies and TV shows to help you learn new languages
• Is It Possible to Learn Two Languages at The Same Time?
• How to Achive Native-Like Fluency in Foreign Languages
• The Fastest Ways to Learn a New language
• How Music Can Help You Master a New Foreign Language Fast
• How Learning a New Language Improves Tolerance
• How To Learn a New Language: 7 Easy Tactics To Achieve Fast Results
• How to Learn Foreign Languages While Traveling
• Reasons Why You Should Learn New Languages at College
• How to find the time to learn languages
• How to Embed the Foreign Language to Your Everyday Life
• 6 Languages To Study in 2019
• How To Learn A Language Without Learning Resources
• What does it take to sound like a native in a foreign language?
• Audio courses to learn languages like a pirate
• 12 Tips for Reading in a Foreign Language
• Learning a new language together with your loved one: tips and tricks
• More Language-Learning Resources or Courage? What Do You Really Need?
• Reducing Mother Tongue Influence
• Least difficult languages for English speakers to learn
• If You Can't Say A Word
• Productivity Tips for Learning a New Language
• Why You Need a Language Journal and How to Make the Most Out of It
• The Surprising Benefits of Learning a New Language
• How Introverts Learn Languages
• 5 Ways to Learn a Foreign Language without Investing Much
• The Three Principles of Grammar in Modern Language Learning
• 5 Secrets to Foreign Language Fluency
• 8 ways to expand consciousness by learning languages
• Unique Benefits of Having a Language Exchange Partner
• 3 Ways to Improve Speaking a Foreign Language Online
• Interactive Classes as the Future of Language Learning
• How to make the most of an online language course
• Benefits of Multiple Languages in a Business
• The Best Language Learning Approach from Translators
• It's Never Late to Start Learning Foreign Languages: What Do Scientists Say?
• Which is the easiest language to learn?
• Pros and Cons of Learning More than One Language Simultaneously
• The language map - what it is and how it helps you learn languages
• 10 Corporate Foreign Language Training Trends in 2016
• Learning a foreign language as the best tool to understand yourself
• 4 Reasons Why it is Difficult to Learn a New Language as an Adult
• 5 Cleverly Wicked Ways to Make Learning a Foreign Language Entertaining
• How to Start Thinking in a Language You Are Mastering
• How to speed up your language learning
• How to Improve Your Foreign Language Comprehension
• 10 Ways To Speed Up the Study of Scandinavian Languages
• Why and how to learn minority languages
• Don't know how to find free time for learning a foreign language? These tools will help you
• How do I tell if I can pick up a second language faster than others?
• What Language to Learn? 5 Languages That May Become Useful In The Future
• The 6 Most Popular Myths About Language Learning
• Learning a Foreign Language: Are You Making These 8 Mistakes?
• Language Immersion that Should Work for You
• Accelerated Language Learning: 6 Ways to Boost Learning a New Language
• The Future of Foreign Language Learning?
• How to choose a good book to learn a language
• 7 Fun Language Learning Activities
• Learning the Basics of Any Language Fast - 7 Tips and Tricks
• 10 languages that are easiest for native English speakers to learn
• How Language Learning Helps You Become A Broad-Minded Person
• The Most Valuable Languages for an MBA to Learn
• How Writing Skills Can Help You Master a New Language
• How a Library Membership Can Help Save Money When Learning a Language
• How to Learn New Words By Reading Stories About Them
• Tips for learning languages "on the go"
• Best way to learn a foreign language? Not the usual way
• Social networking sites to help you learn a new language
• How Introverts & Extroverts Learn Second Languages
• Tips for learning languages while on holiday
• Benefits of Learning a Second Language
• Subliminal Language Learning – Fact or Myth?
• Can you successfully learn a language online?
• Learning New Languages Online - An Enriching Experience Indeed
• Language Learning on the Go
• Are you embarrassed by your lack of foreign language skills?
• 5 Ways Language Learning Can Improve Your Life
• Should You Always Go for the Lingua Franca? Niche Languages - Useful or Not?
• Why you can never learn a foreign language the way you have learnt your mother tongue
• The Puzzling Popularity of Languages
• The use of mnemonics in mastering a language
• LINGO 300 - The Miyagi Method
• Can Having Highly Developed Cognitive Skills Stand in the Way of Learning a New Language?
• Worlds Apart? The Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Learn Foreign Languages
• Pros and cons of learning a language "in classroom"
• The benefits of learning a second language
• The Keys to Improving Language Education
• Learning a New Language? Don't Forget the Teacher!
• How Early Should We Teach Kids A Second Language?
• Tips To Get The Most Out Of Paid Language Classes On Skype
• Is it better to learn a language in a class or on your own?
• Learning the Local Language Can Help Immigrants Integrate Into Their New Home
• Language Matters: Is There Still A Case To Study Languages In An English-Dominated World?
• How to Avoid Mixing Up while Learning to Speak Multiple Languages
• The Listening Process: Reception vs Response
• Online Vs. In-Person Language Learning: Who Wins?
• Student Language Exchange
• The Best Way To Learn A Language Is To Have A Personalized And Diverse Approach
• Collecting Foreign Tongues
• Methods that Help You Learn and Retain a Language of Choice
• Learning a Language with Games and a Travel Story
• How to Master a Foreign Language without Enrolling for a Formal Course
• Language School Discounts - How to Save Money When Booking
• How to Learn a Language Through Interaction
• The Link Between Economic Decision-Making and Speaking in a Foreign Language
• Augment Your Language Learning Coursework To Enhance Your Foreign Language Skills
• An Added Reason to Learn a New Language: It Increases Brain Size
• 3 Ways to Maximize Language Learning through a Study Abroad Experience
• How the Internet is Making Learning a Language Easier
• Children's Literature: A Natural Way to Learn New Languages
• 4 Unconventional Ways to Learn a Foreign Language Outside the Classroom
• Free Educational Resources for Language Lovers
• Want to Speak a Foreign Language Better? Learn to Write First!
• Language Immersion and International Volunteering
• The Benefits of Learning a New Language
• 4 Reasons Why Learning a New Language Requires Immersion
• How the Learning of Language in Children Encourages Education Leadership
• The Language-Learning Toolbox for Online Students
• Top 5 Twitter Accounts for Language-Related Information
• Language Learning Methods
• Compulingual: Online Language Programs That Actually Work
• The Importance of Learning the Language in a New Country
• There is nothing impossible in language learning
• Learning through music and the media
• The language learning classroom
• Why do many language courses not work?
• Lang-8 - language learning and social networking
• Spaced repetition learning systems (SRS)
• How Not To Learn A Foreign Language
• The pleasure of learning languages
• Foreign Language Study for Homeschoolers: Problems and Solutions

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Pronunciation

• Learning Accents: A Useful Guide to Sounding Like a Local
• The Color of Language: Why You Should Be Proud Of Having an Accent When Speaking Foreign Languages
• Secrets of Speaking with a Genuine Accent
• Pronunciation and vocabulary practice with homonyms, homographs, homophones
• The Top 5 Techniques For Improving Your American Accent
• How to Improve Your English Pronunciation
• 8 Strategies to Master Russian Pronunciation for Beginners

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Learning vocabulary

• 6 Best Techniques to Learn Vocabulary
• When should language learners focus on the depth of their vocabulary?
• Top 10 Tips for Learning Vocabulary
• Use This Memory Hack to Learn a Language
• Vocabulary Volume: How to Find Your Perfect Word Count for the Day
• WordSteps - personal online vocabulary tutor

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Language acquisition

Articles about how language is acquired, especially by children

• Is there universality to language development?
• From Babbling To Full Sentence: How Children Acquire A Language - Stage By Stage
• Child Language Acquisition: It’s Not Just Baby Talk
• Can A Dog Reach A Toddler's Level of Language Acquisition?
• Three Challenges of Second Language Acquisition

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Motivation and reasons to learn languages

How to motivate yourself and others to learn languages, and reasons to learn languages.

• Motivating Disengaged Learners
• Why Staying Motivated When Learning a Language is So Hard
• How To Stay Motivated When Learning A Second Language: Tips And Quotes
• 10 Reasons to Learn a Second Language
• 5 Reasons to Learn Languages
• 5 Reasons Why you Should Learn a New Language

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Articles about particular languages

Arabic language

• Why should you learn Arabic?,
• Arabic (العَرَبِيَّة)
• 8 Top Reasons to Learn Arabic
• Learning Arabic

Basque language

• 5 Apps to Help You learn Basque
• Why learn Basque?
• Basque: Not So Exotic, but Uniquely Interesting

Chinese language(s)

• The Advantage of Using Elementary Readers to Learn Chinese
• Cantonese and Mandarin in Hong Kong and Taiwan
• Everything you need to know about learning Chinese
• 3 Major Challenges of Learning Chinese
• The Many Dialects and Evolution of the Chinese Marke
• I Want to Learn Chinese, Should I Learn Mandarin or Cantonese?
• Learning Mandarin Chinese: 3 key things to consider
• Chinese Language Myths
• 8 ways to simplify your Chinese language learning
• Why you should learn Chinese for business
• A Chinese Language Journey
• How to Learn Chinese and Not Get Discouraged
• What's in a Name?
• Family Matters
• 5 Tips to improve your Chinese
• Learning Mandarin Chinese for Beginners
• Learning the Value of Chinese Characters
• The Easy Thrills of a Difficult Language: Chinese For All of Us
• How I Became (and Remain) Fluent in Mandarin Chinese
• How foreign teenagers learn Mandarin in Taiwan the natural way!
• Taiwan: probably the best destination in the world for learning Chinese
• Tips to help you learn the Chinese language
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Game Meets Challenge: Chicken without sexual life?
• Why is Chinese so efficient? Good morning East Asia

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English language

• Tips on improving English Grammar for language learners
• 9 Tips for Getting an English Accent by Reading Books
• 7 Secrets to Write Like a Native English Speaker
• 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Running My First English Camp In South Korea
• Learn English - Best Resources for TOEFL Test Preparation
• 7 Words Added to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary in 2017
• How to Really Improve Your Business English Skills
• How Did I Learn English?
• IT project communication: Making sure developers and customers understand each other
• 120+ English Words You Should Never Misuse In Writing
• 7 Reasons Why Moving to USA Is the Best Way to Learn English
• 20 Awesome British Slang Terms You Should Learn Today
• Popular English Acronyms Used in Private and Business Messages
• 6 Funniest Idioms You Never Knew Exist In The English Language
• History of 6 Most Popular English Idioms,
• First Words
• Scientific Babel: Why English Rules
• A Few Tricks to Understanding the Difference between American and British English
• An American Traveling to the UK? Learn a Little Vocabulary
• The Evolution of The English Language
• Unbearable English Sounds for the Japanese “Transplant” to America
• Black English in Washington, D.C.
• Guide to Australian English for tourists
• Beware! English is Tricky
• Category Conquest
• 20 Mistakes For Every English Learner To Avoid
• building a phon'emic alphabet for the english language
• 5 biggest challenges of learning English
• Why Foreign Languages Can Help Us Better Understand English
• 10 Words English Language Wouldn't Have Without Shakespeare
• Advance Your English & Stay Happy
• The Origins Of Pidgin English
• Studying English in the USA
• Good grammar makes you happy
• İngilizce öğrenmek için yapılmaması gerekenler / Errors that Shouldn't be Made While Learning English
• Why learn English in Malta
• How to improve your English if you are an EAL student
• Using etymology in English language learning
• English Evolution Over The Last Millennium And Where It May Be Heading
• The Jabberwocky of English Language
• Are you Enrolled in a Doctoral Program? 3 Ways to Improve your Academic Writing in English
• Common Pitfalls in British Versus American English
• Free Online Resources and Tools to Learn English
• How Can I Improve My English? - A breakthrough answer for Chinese college or university English-language nuts
• Tips to Complement your English Lessons
• Learn English in New York City
• Some tips on learning English
• Simpel-Fonetik Spelling
• English as a Universal Language
• Brief Etymological Review of the English Word-Stock
• Idioms: Piece of Cake or Hard Nut to Crack?
• A Glance at the Chinese 'English Learning Frenzy'
• Tips and advice on learning English conversation and vocabulary
• The wonders of English spelling explained
• Expand your Horizons with a Second Language

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Esperanto language

• Why is inventing global languages doomed to fail? Globalization and the Esperanto lesson
• Is Esperanto a Real Language?
• The Challenge of Esperanto
• Esperanto in Toronto?

French language

• The Real Story About How to Learn Spoken French
• 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals: English vs. French
• 8 Reasons Why You Should Learn French
• Best games to teach children how to speak French
• How To Learn French the Fast Way Before Traveling Abroad
• The Best Way to Study French for Speaking
• The Best Way To Study French For Listening and Understanding
• How to improve your French with French movies
• Tabeetousa? Tufaykoa? The new French language
• How to Find the Best French Language Schools - Reviews, Associations and Awards
• Learn French in Paris
• 5 Great Tips for Learning French
• Learning French, a pleasant adventure for everyone!
• Why learn French in France?

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German language

• The German dialectal diversity is endangered
• Six Unusual German Words You Should Know
• 5 Tips for Everyone who wants to Learn German
• Learning The German Language: Is It Essential?
• Incredible German Idioms
• Learning German in Berlin
• 5 Reasons to Learn German
• Denglisch - The German language under attack?

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Greek language

• Greek transliteration is all fun and games
• Knowing Your Greek Root Words Can Help You Learn New Languages

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Hebrew language

• Hebrew Dictionary Review: What to look for?
• Learning Hebrew with a Pen Scanner

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Indonesian language

• Bahasa Indonesia
• Malaysian versus Indonesian - divided by a common tongue?
• Learning Bahasa Indonesia the Easy Way!
• Useful Tips on Indonesian Translation
• How to Speak Indonesian
• Some tips on Learning the Indonesian Language

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Italian language

• A review of the “Ripeti con me” Italian course
• Tips to learn Italian fast and easy
• How to wish Merry Christmas in Italian
• 5 Best Films to Watch While Studying Italian
• Studying Italian around the world: what, who and why
• Italian: Not Just for Italians
• Is the Italian language difficult for English speakers to learn?
• Discover Italy, its language and culture in Bologna
• Italian Language School Review - How to Find the Best Courses in Italy
• A homage to Italy: Why Brits love the Italian language
• Learn Italian in Rome
• How to choose a good Italian language school in Italy

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Japanese language

• Learning Japanese – It Has Become a Social Thing
• 7 Odd Japanese Words Gleaned from Other Languages
• 9 reasons why Japanese is easier than you think
• Top apps and books for studying Japanese language
• The Ki to Japanese

Korean language

• Five Common Misunderstandings About the Korean Language
• Why Korean Hangul (한글) is such an attractive written language
• Studying Korean: The Surprising Joy-Ride of a New Language

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Latin language

• Why Should We Study Latin?
• 7 Best Apps for Learning Latin
• 5 Reasons to Learn Latin

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Polish language

• 7 things that can help you learn Polish
• 12 Things You Should Have in Mind While Learning Polish

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Portuguese language

• A Few Portuguese Idioms
• Portuguese and Spanish: Some Musings
• Língua Estrangeira para Lusófonos
• Comparação Português e Castelhano
• Obrigado - how to express your thanks in Portuguese

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Russian language

• Teaching Russian With Songs
• 10 русских понятий, у которых в английском языке отсутствуют аналоги
• Do borrowed words pollute the Russian language?
• Why is the Russian Language “Great and Mighty”?
• 8 Strategies to Master Russian Pronunciation for Beginners
• Learning Russian: Easy Way to Start
• Путешествуйте вместе с русским языком

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Sign languages

• Does teaching your baby sign language delay speech?
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Teach Your Baby Sign Language
• American Sign Language - More Than Just Hands
• Reasons to Learn Sign Language

Spanish language

• What is the Difference Between Mexican Spanish and the Spanish of Spain?
• Differences between European Spanish and South American Spanish
• How the Knowledge of Spanish Can Help You Better Understand English
• Spanish Fluency In Just Six Weeks
• The 7 Best Spanish Apps for Learning Spanish as a Beginner
• Spanish and Arabic and their Striking Similarities
• Common Spanish-English False Friends
• Spanish is the Language of Happiness
• Start Learning Spanish with a Great App
• 5 Creative Writing Exercises Perfect for Spanish Learners
• Listening: A Powerful Tool That Will Make You Go From Walking To Flying On Your Spanish Learning
• Creative Spanish Learning Games - Learning Process Helpers
• Spanish Immersion
• 11 Great Spanish Learning Tools
• Why is Spanish, well, Spanish?
• European Spanish vs. Latin American Spanish: The differences explained
• Top 10 Spanish phrases to get by in Argentina
• Why is Learning Spanish More of a Necessity Than a Choice Today?
• Portuguese and Spanish: Some Musings
• Choosing the Best Spanish Language Schools in Spain - Reviews and Beyond
• Learning Spanish through a cultural immersion experience
• Mexico's Hidden Gem - Querétaro
• Learn Spanish for Free and Improve Employment Opportunities
• Mexican Spanish
• Why choose Argentina to learn Spanish
• What's the best way to learn Spanish?
• Spanish Prepositions - and Why You Need to Get These Right!
• 5 Top Tips For Learning Spanish
• Studying Spanish at Spanish Universities
• Learn Spanish While Studying Abroad to Broaden Your Mind
• Does anyone there speak Spanish?
• Learning Spanish to Improve Your Mind
• Latin American Spanish or Spanish For Latin America

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Swedish language

• Log your language victories: Word Rewards
• Listening Productively
• Linguistic Tourism: Starting a word log with ‘Cultural Tokens’

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Other languages

• 10 Longest Finnish Words
• The History and Future of Konkani Language
• Balkan languages - same or different?
• 9 Interesting Danish Phrases
• 11 Fascinating Facts about the Czech Language
• When Nobody Understands: 3 Interesting Endangered Languages in Eastern Europe
• Reviving The Lost Language of Haida Through Film
• The Silbo Gomero Language
• History of Swahili
• Reasons to Learn Scottish Gaelic
• How to Learn Māori: Best Resources
• 5 Reasons to Learn Ukrainian
• Catalan Language Today: Between Catalonia of North and South
• Filipino: A new language excursion
• Approaching the Thai Language
• Learning a Slavic Language
• A bit of Sundanese
• Reduplication in Filipino names and words
• Serbo-Croatian language issues
• Konkani, A dialect? NO!
• When Languages Combine
• Four is better than one - bahasa rojak, a uniquely Malaysian treasure

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Minority and endangered languages

• Technology Gives New Spark to Minority Language
• Preserving The Irish Language: A Possible Resurgence In Popularity?
• 5 Interesting Endangered Languages With Fewer Than 10,000 Speakers
• The Last Livonian
• 6 Last Living Speakers of Dying Languages
• Can Minority Languages Be Saved? Globalization vs. Culture

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Constructed languages (conlangs)

• Mohkien (Mohяkienя): A Hokkien Conlang
• 7 Most Popular Invented Languages in Film
• Conlang - It's Not Pig Latin!

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Reviews of language courses and books

• On Language, Thought, and Mind
• A review of Rocket Hindi
• Language 101 Review
• The Last Lingua Franca, English Until the Return of Babel - A Review
• Empires of the Word - A review
• Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin - A Review

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Language learning apps

• 10 Apps for Studying Language
• 6 Handy Dictionary Apps You Can Use To Augment Your Linguistic Skills
• 7 Apps for Learning a Foreign Language
• Traveling Abroad? 3 Apps You Need to Download Before Departing
• 5 Language Apps for the iPhone

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Teaching languages

• Should Schools Replace Teachers with Online Lessons?
• How to Be a Successful Language Teacher
• Most Creative Methods to Teach a Language
• 7 Simple Rules for Being a Great ESL Teacher
• The Tex Ritter Effect
• How To Succeed At Teaching P. R. China University Academe – Without Really Trying
• Error Correction in Language Oral Practice and Ways to Do It Right
• 5 Best Apps For English Teachers
• The Best Methods to Teach Your Child a Foreign Language
• Essential Tips for Teaching Kids a Foreign Language
• Online Tools for your ESL Classroom
• ESL Pull-out projects vs. Total Immersion - Which Language Learning Method is More Effective?
• Language Teaching in Second Life
• Teaching new languages through video chatting
• Teaching English in China
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Teach English Abroad
• Inexperienced Teachers and EFL
• Should College Students Teach EFL?

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Languages and careers

• Earning Extra Money as a Foreign Language Tutor
• Boosting Your Career Growth with Language Skills
• How Learning a New Language can Open up New Opportunities
• Careers that Enable You to Learn New Languages
• Turning Language Skills Into A Thriving Career
• How Languages Can Help Your Career
• 5 languages to learn for international business
• What can I do with a modern languages degree?
• The top 3 industries that offer the most rewarding careers for multilingual jobseekers
• 5 Outstanding Career Options for Language Studies Graduates
• 6 Tips For Acing a Job Interview in a Foreign Language
• How to Get a Job in Europe as a Non-EU Applicant
• How being multilingual can bring you career success
• Exciting Careers Where Language Skills Are Vital
• Best Careers for French Majors
• Benefits of learning Spanish for career advancement
• Looking for a New Job? Boost your Opportunities by Learning a Second Language
• Start a Dynamic Career by Learning a New Language - Arabic

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Being and becoming bilingual

• The 5 Best Practices for Raising a Bilingual Baby
• Raising a Bilingual Child - Honoring a Heritage
• Language Starts in the Womb
• A 5 Step Action Plan to Teach Your Child a Foreign Language
• The Business Case For Bilingualism: Why Multilinguals Earn More
• Raising A Child in a Multi-Culture Home
• Is it possible to teach your children two languages at once?
• This is Your Brain on Languages - And It's All Good
• Raising Bilingual Children - 5 Common Myths
• Key Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Bilingual
• Challenges in bilingual families no one tells you about
• Bilingualism Around The World: The Amazon To Siberia
• Warning to New Parents Who Dream of Raising a Bilingual Child
• The Ten Commandments (of Raising a Bilingual Child)
• The Secret to Raising a Bilingual Child
• Fathers' Communication Skills and Why They Matter in Raising Bilingual Children
• Who Receives The Benefits of Bilingual Education?
• Bicultural Identity: What Does That Mean?
• The Benefits of Being Bilingual: People Think You're a Genius
• Parenting Techniques for Bilingual Children to Promote Bilingual Education
• Being Bilingual: Connecting With Others
• Supporting Bilingual Children: A Call to Authors
• Raising Bilingual Children: Is It Too Late?
• Raising Bilingual Children: 10 Tips for Boosting The Minority language
• Raising Bilingual Children: The Different Methods to Success
• Raising Bilingual Children: The Snags
• Raising Bilingual Children: Fact or Fiction?
• Raising Bilingual Children: The First Five Steps to Success
• Why Playing Outside Is Best For Your Kids

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Language and culture

• Punjab Culture
• The Cultural and Language Divide: Practical Tips for Starting a Business Overseas
• Igbo Wedding Traditions
• Talking Without Talking
• Language in International Negotiations - Avoiding Embarrassment
• Cultural Awareness: Know Before You Move to a New Country
• The Geography of Thought ... and Language
• 10 Cultural Differences And Facts That Make The World Interesting
• Japan's Bean-Throwing Ritual
• Islam And The West - We Are Culturally Closer Than We Accept

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Language development and disorders

• How to Ensure Proper Language Development in Children
• What are language disorders?

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Translation, interpreting and localization

• 5 Difficulties Faced When Translating Business Documents
• Translation Differences Across Europe
• Accents and dialects: A thorny issue for translators
• 8 Misconceptions About Translation and Communication
• Top 5 benefits of localization for every business
• The Role of Legal Translations in the Digital Era
• Earpiece: The device that is breaking the language barrier
• Best Tools to Use for a Professional Translation Project
• Historical Misunderstandings Due to Poor Translations
• The ultimate guide to CAT tools
• How To Avoid Bad Payers And Scammers As A Freelance Translator
• Google headphones: The new era of translation
• 6 Best Online Translation Tools
• Lost in Machine Translation, Adieu Culture
• 7 Online tools that can help newbie Translators
• 6 Tips to up your game as a Freelance Translator
• How Harry Potter and Anagrams Made for a Tough Translation
• Importance of Interpreters in Court Rooms
• How to find the efficient translator for error-free translation
• 5 Great Resources for Medical Translators
• Importance of Interpreters in Schools
• So-called 'untranslatables' complicate word-for-word equivalent translation while providing unique cultural insight
• New Technology Offers Translation on the Go
• Don't Make This Common Multi-Language Contract Mistake
• The Pitfalls of Literary Translation
• Interpretation through the Ages
• What Free Online Translation Means to Translation Companies
• A Translator's Guide to an International Conference
• How Interpreters Make the World Go Round
• The Future of the Interpretation & Translation Industry
• The Translation Profession
• Four Skills You Pick Up Through Interpretation
• About MT, CT and Getting Lost in Translation
• So you think you have what it takes to become an interpreter?
• Translation Services for Medical Device Companies
• Translators Dictate
• Translating a website: mistakes to avoid
• Difficulties Faced in Legal Document Translation
• The Difficulties Involved in Spanish-English Translation
• What does an interpreter do?
• Google or Bing Translator: Which One Should You Choose?
• Online Context-Specific Translation Programs and Courses
• Lost in translation: traps for translators
• Becoming a nationally certified medical interpreter
• Tales from Eastern Europe: Challenges and Benefits of Running a Translation Company in Poland
• Quebec's New Video Game Language Laws
• Avoid that workplace accident waiting to happen
• Translation Market Statistics (in Russian)
• How Eastern Europe fits into the European Translation Market
• How to get the most from your translation services provider
• Spanish Translation Translates To Higher Profits
• Polish immigrants' growing role in British consumer spending

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Multilingual websites, databases and coding

• Why a business needs a multilingual website
• Building multilingual websites
• Databases, SQL and Foreign Character Sets: It'll be O.K. in the N
• Breaking the Codes: Preparing for Changes to Medical Coding Language

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History

• The First Emperor

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Travel

• Discover the Delights of a Pet Sitting, Polyglot Adventure
• How to Survive Studying Abroad
• Traveling To Countries Where You Don't Know the Language
• Visiting the Homeland
• Top 5 Things to Do and See in Argentina
• El Camino de Santiago
• Dubai
• The Vanishing Batak Tribe
• Cham Muslims of Phnom Penh

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Food

• Vietnamese cuisine, gastronomy and beverages
• The language of food
• Shabu Shabu

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Other topics

• Book Bindings: Understanding the Different Types

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Spoof articles

• The Vectian Revival
• New letter to be added to the English alphabet
• UKIP to revert to Anglo-Saxon Runic script
• Chinese characters to be phased out in China
• European Parliament to adopt Latin as official language

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