The many languages missing from the internet
7 min read · 40 saves · Apr 15th · English and a handful of other languages dominate the internet, but this is leaving indigenous cultures without a voice online. Now they are fighting…
Why words die
4 min read · · 11 saves · From 2018 · How to keep lexical treasures from keeling over
Duolingo sparks Gaelic boom as young Scots shrug off 'cringe' factor
3 min read · 16 saves · Jan 2nd · More than 127,000 sign up to learn while Open University launches Scots language course
World Maps of the 25 Most Spoken Languages
Jan 3rd · Which languages are the most ubiquitous? You may be surprised by the answer.
Materias básicas: escribir cartas de amor y código
1 min read · 2019-12-13 · La tecnología copa el diálogo. O se aprende alguna enseñanza abrazada por la abreviatura tech o parece no existir esperanza laboral. ¿Por qué no…
Els assistents de veu aprenen català i els en pots ensenyar, fins i tot cobrant
3 min read · 2019-12-17 · Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant i Common Voice demanen gent que els parli en català per entrenar-los amb sistemes d'intel·ligència artificial
Hugging Face raises $15 million to build the definitive natural language processing library
1 min read · 34 saves · 2019-12-17 · Hugging Face has raised a $15 million funding round led by Lux Capital. The company first built a mobile app that let you chat…
El Consejo de Europa urge a España a reforzar el uso de las lenguas cooficiales
7 min read · 2019-12-17 · Las trabas que persisten en los juzgados, en la escuela y en la sanidad comprometen el cumplimiento del convenio europeo de protección de idiomas…
Àlex Hinojo: 'La privacitat a internet és una guerra perduda'
9 min read · 13 saves · 2019-09-15 · Entrevista al divulgador cultural i activista pel coneixement lliure i els drets digitals, un dels viquipedistes més rellevants del país
On Language and Humanity: In Conversation With Noam Chomsky
~14 min read · 13 saves · 2019-08-12 · The father of modern linguistics is still opening up new kinds of questions and topics for inquiry.
Why Has Language Changed So Much So Fast? ‘Because Internet’
4 min read · Paywall possible · 60 saves · 2019-07-22 · Jennifer Szalai · In her new book, the linguist Gretchen McCulloch breaks down just how life online has rewritten the rules of how we communicate.
Wikipedia Is Helping Keep Welsh Alive Online
5 min read · Paywall possible · 11 saves · 2019-08-07 · Welsh and other smaller language movements on Wikimedia projects suggest there may be ways to train technology to allow for cultural differences.