Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #languagediversity, aggregated by home.social.
this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the rise and fall of #languageDiversity I also put in a bit about early #writing systems and how #protoElamite mysteriously disappeared.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/09/languages-rise-and-fall.html
#science #scienceWriter #humans #anthropology #languages #linguistics
my features published in @CurrentBiology this year, issue 17:
On the #evolution and #extinction of #languages https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/09/languages-rise-and-fall.html #science #humans #linguistics #languageDiversity
A Forgotten Wave of Extinction May Have Erased Thousands of Human Languages
Photo: (Yale University/Wikimedia) Around 7,500 spoken and signed languages are used worldwide today. Yet this extraordinary diversity may represent only a fraction of the linguistic richness humanity once possessed. A new modeling study published in Science suggests language diversity reached a forgotten golden age between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago, when tens of thousands of languages may have coexisted. What followed was a dramatic decline that appears to have begun long before European […]
Ah yes, the timeless saga of language diversity masterfully reduced to a **JavaScript** error page. 🖥️🔒 Because nothing says "scholarly insight" quite like forgetting to turn on your browser settings. 🌐🤦♂️
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx4343 #JavaScript #languageDiversity #browserSettings #errorPage #scholarlyInsight #HackerNews #ngated
The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx4343
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49038181
#HackerNews #languageDiversity #Holocene #history #culturalLinguistics #evolution #ofLanguages #scienceNews
23-Jul-2026
The lost golden age of #languageDiversity
New modelling suggests that tens of thousands of #languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago - and that their decline began well before European colonial expansion
Societal Impacts: Claude's values across models and languages
https://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-values-models-languages
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48918956
#HackerNews #SocietalImpacts #ClaudeValues #AIModels #LanguageDiversity #EthicalAI
🚀 Plug in your brain for this thrilling saga of USB Power Delivery! Enjoy the dizzying parade of languages while discovering the shocking revelation that plugging a cable into a socket can deliver power. Truly groundbreaking stuff! ⚡🔌
https://www.aptiv.com/en/insights/article/usb-power-delivery-plugging-into-the-benefits #USBPowerDelivery #ThrillingSaga #GroundbreakingTechnology #CableConnection #PowerRevolution #LanguageDiversity #HackerNews #ngated
Isolated populations are genetically less diverse but linguistically more diverse. A new PNAS study documents an inverse global correlation between genetic and structural linguistic diversity, and the signal is stronger than climate or terrain. #linguistics #populationgenetics #languagediversity https://www.anthropology.net/p/where-languages-diverge-most-genomes
🤖 Ah, #Meta has cracked the code to translate 1,600 languages... until you realize they’ve left out about 5,400 others. 🌍🔍 Apparently, ‘No Language Left Behind’ only applies if those languages were popular in the last century. 🧐 #TechInnovationOrSomething
https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/omnilingual-mt-machine-translation-for-1600-languages/?_fb_noscript=1 #TechInnovation #LanguageTranslation #AI #GlobalLanguages #LanguageDiversity #HackerNews #ngated
💬🌐 Join the global online translat-a-thon this Saturday, 6 December at 13:00 CET
‘Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages' will be a day of collaborative translation to make key Wikimedia capacity-building resources accessible in every language.
More details ⬇️
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Many_Tongues%2C_One_Movement%3AVoices_Across_Languages
Happy #WorldRomaLanguageDay! 💜
Romani (rromani ćhib) is an Indo-Aryan language with great internal diversity, spoken by over 4.6 million people across Europe. Major dialects include Vlax, Balkan, and Sinte Romani, plus many local varieties shaped by contact with other languages.
Its diversity reflects Roma journeys through centuries of movement and adaptation. Honoring this richness means honoring Roma identity.
🌍 Did you know that saying hello in South Africa is more than just a greeting 🇿🇦
With 11 official languages, every hello carries cultural meaning, warmth and respect. It’s how we recognise one another, build connections and celebrate the diversity that makes our country so unique.
📖 Read it here: https://zurl.co/QjPyS
#BabyYumYum #BYY #SouthAfrica #HeritageDay #HelloSA #HeritageMonth #LanguageDiversity #CulturalConnection #LearnLanguages #BYYParenting
🐒 Oh, rejoice! An extension that ensures you stay blissfully unaware of foreign content by stubbornly refusing translations on YouTube. Because who needs linguistic diversity when you have Firefox extensions? 🌎✨
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-no-translation/ #YouTubeExtensions #LanguageDiversity #FirefoxExtensions #TechNews #BrowsingExperience #HackerNews #ngated
spending time on Mastodon
I enjoy the exposure to different technical / cultural / scientific vocabularies on here. As someone on the spectrum, I read much of that technical lingo as expression of passion.
I find such passion heartening.
I love learning new things, about the world and about humans. Though mostly about the world lol. Lichens, cicadas, tardigrades, megafauna, quasars....
#actuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #LanguageDiversity #autisticJoy #learning @actuallyautistic
Did you know there’s no such thing as a universal sign language? 🌍 Sign languages belong to families, just like spoken ones! For example, BSL is related to Australian and NZ Sign Language but completely different from American Sign Language (ASL). Want to know more? Check out DCAL's Sign Language Facts: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/deafness-cognition-and-language-dcal/dcal-resources/dcal-sign-language-facts #LanguageDiversity #SignLanguageFacts #BSLResearch
In Xinjiang, Deer finds different languages are spoken freely and openly - Mandarin, Uygur, and even English! From ordering coffee to chatting with locals, Deer sees firsthand how language diversity thrives here! #LanguageDiversity #BilingualLife #DeerInXinjiang #Comedy
🌍 Preserving Languages – Protecting Cultures 🗣️
Researchers from the #UniCologne are exploring the most remote areas of the world to document endangered languages. This work aims to preserve the cultural heritage and collective knowledge of language communities. Every word saved is a piece of identity and history. 📜
Discover more ➡️ https://uni.koeln/XSNWV
#UniKöln #UniCologne #Linguistics #CulturalHeritage #LanguageDiversity #LanguagePreservation #Research #FieldResearch
Did you attend #Celticknot2024? We want to hear about your experience! Add your blog posts, photos and videos to wiki under the 'documentation' tab☘️
➡️https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2024
#languagediversity
5-Sep-2024
Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows
Islands drive language change and generate #languageDiversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that analysed #languages from over 13,000 inhabited #islands.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1057024 #science #evolution
Ubuntu Voices
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/ubuntu-voices/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia #Society #Culture #Identity #LanguageDiversity #PerformingArts #Music
Accent Of Women
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/accent-of-women/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia #News #CurrentAffairs #Culture #dentity #LanguageDiversity #Politics
I cannot find a way to reliably set the default language of Office 365 to British English. No matter how deep I go into even the Normal templates, there will always be moments when it will revert to US English (any software update will mess it up for sure). Outlook is especially pesky, but overall, Microsoft really misses the mark for being a truly global brand, respectful of the vast majority of its users that are non-US.
#Microsoft #MSOffice #LanguageDiversity
Harmony In The Fast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/harmony-in-the-fast/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia #Health #Culture #Identity #Health #LanguageDiversity #Urdu #Fasting
MAHALIN AT PAUSBUNGIN ANG ATING WIKA 🗣
Ginugunita tuwing Pebrero 21 ang International Mother Language Day bilang pagpapahalaga sa pagkakaiba-iba ng wika at kultura sa buong mundo.
🇪🇺 3rd #OWS.EU Member State Briefing recap.
3 x per year the OWS.EU team invites representatives from EU member states to gain insights on the project status.
The January meeting centered on the economic impact of an OWI.
🔺 OWS.EU third-party partner Mücke Roth & Company presented their ongoing study which explores scenarios for attaining ROI from potential commercial projects.
🔺 Further topics addressed #EnergyEfficiency, #LanguageDiversity + #digitalsovereignty
#Policymakers
@EC_NGI
Why does language diversity matter in research?
Dive into this insightful article that explores the profound impact of embracing multilingualism in the research landscape: https://ow.ly/6kjI50Qp45k
Language-related misunderstanding at work: What it is, why it occurs and what organizations can do about it
#Work #Jobs #Language #Workplace #Slang #Jargon #LanguageUse #WorkplaceCommunication #LanguageDiversity #PreventMisunderstanding #EffectiveTeams
https://the-14.com/language-related-misunderstanding-at-work-what-it-is-why-it-occurs-and-what-organizations-can-do-about-it/
How #MinT, a machine translation service for #wikipedia is doing ⬇️
It relies on open-source NMT and data models released by projects such as Meta's #NoLanguageLeftBehind and supports languages often overlooked by others.
10-May-2023
New database offers insight into consequences of language loss
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/988875 #science #languages #LanguageDiversity
Recordando este clásico de Wilhelm Von Humboldt.
#linguistics
#LanguageDiversity
Marcadores discursivos, vacilación, disfluencias o pausas sonoras y su importancia en el lenguaje natural. Aunque no le guste a algun@s lingüistas y personas con ciertas ideologías lingüísticas son importantes. Los odiados "estee🇲🇽, like🇺🇸, genre🇫🇷".
#LanguageDiversity
#Linguistics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcfJqCukMo&ab_channel=TED-EdEspa%C3%B1ol
There are more distinct languages spoken in the red areas than the grey areas of this map.
language families in red:
Austronesian 1,246 languages
Niger-Congo 1,495
Trans-New Guinea 561
+ other Papuan ~200
counts from Ethnologue 2005
#LanguageDiversity #anthropology (imported from #AnthroTwitter)