English is the world's most spoken language. But how did that come to be? Some tie the dominance of the language to the ...

The first thing Manuel Romero told me about the Spanish-language conversation club he holds every week was, “It’s not a class. It’s a club!” It’s ...

Do you have a strategy for improving your English? You can have a strategy, but first you need to map out a strategy. There ...

In English, Ramirez would say, “You can stand up if you are wearing yellow – like a bee.” But this is the half of the school day in which she teaches exclusively in Spanish.

While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in Nepali, Arabic, French and ...

If you're considering retiring, living, or visiting abroad, the ease of speaking English is a crucial factor in making a ...

Bringing with them the languages of their homelands, immigrants newly arrived by ship at Ellis Island await official processing and approval to reach their destination—New York City, already in sight.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's FSB fears China is "trying to encroach on" Russian territory, a leaked document alleges.

Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and—because many have never been recorded—when they’re gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a lecturer in Columbia’s ...

If you’re in the text field of any app (messaging, search, or maps), you can press the translator’s button and it’ll autofill the text field with the correct translation. While the iPhone accessory ...

The map, from Exploring Africa, has colour-coded each language into the seven families, which include Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Khosian, Niger-Congo / Congo-Kordofanian, Creole, Austronesian ...

The darker the red, the higher percentage of residents have little to no English language skills. Areas on our map are named by the electoral ward within the country's 300-plus local authorities.