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As you walk through the halls of Navajo Preparatory School, you will see students from across Diné Bikeyyah— the Navajo Nation — often wearing a tsiiyééł, a traditional Diné hair bun, Nike sneakers, and a state championship shirt.

The Cypriot village of Kormakitis is the last bastion of a language once spoken by tens of thousands of people. Maronites are determined to save it.

The nation's sixth-largest city of Gwangju will inject KRW 25.85 billion to attract 12,000 international students by 2029. The Gwangju Metropolitan Government on May 25 announced its 2025-29 comprehensive support plan for such students to resolve the crisis at universities in the region and the shortage of industrial workers.

Spain has revived a push for Basque, Catalan and Galician to be made official EU languages, despite a less-than-enthusiastic response from fellow European countries fearing a domino effect.

Malaysians must remember the importance of the national language, even as the country advances in progress and technology, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Brooklyn-based trio Nation of Language has an ardent-and-ever-expanding international audience for their danceable take on new wave, post-punk, and shoegaze. Expect new music from Nation of Language — now signed to Sub Pop(!