A multilingual chatbot called Sportellino launched to help migrants in Italy find public services and practical guidance. It is free, anonymous and available via messaging apps; its information is based on official sources and experts.
Photo by Martina Picciau, Unsplash
New research shows the human brain anticipates upcoming language by grouping words into grammatical phrases rather than predicting only the next single word. Scientists used brain recordings, behavioral tests and LLM measures across languages.
OpenSpeaks Archives, launched in 2024, helps Wikimedians cite Indigenous oral knowledge and now hosts nearly 20 languages from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. An interview with Taukeer Alam explains why audio and video matter and led to a 2024 project.
Moharaj Sharma is a Nepali poet, journalist and documentary maker. He works at AP1 Television, studies Nepali language roots, and has made a documentary about Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees while writing poetry about identity and social change.
The Federal Government reversed the 2022 National Language Policy and restored English as the sole medium of instruction from pre-primary to tertiary. The November 2025 decision has prompted strong debate among educators, linguists and cultural groups.
Two recent studies compared grouping English learners together in school classes. A high school study of 31,303 students linked higher EL concentrations to lower graduation and college entry; an elementary trial found no overall difference but different benefits by skill level.
Citizen archivists in South Asia record folk songs, oral histories, riddles and traditional medicinal knowledge. They upload videos and transcriptions to Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource and Wikipedia to preserve fading cultural knowledge.
