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Sign language is set to become South Africa's 12th official language after a long fight for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDeaf students at the Khulani Special School learning sign language. Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via...
Dictionary.com adds over 300 new words: Here's what deadass, hellscape and petfluencer mean
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words...
Computer modeling is tracing the hidden evolution of sign languages
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn tracing signed vocabularies’ evolutions, researchers applied phylogenetic analysis typically...
Will The Oxford Dictionary Of African American English Help Address Language Appropriation?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new project will finally acknowledge that AAVE isn't just slang. AlthoughAfricanAmerican...
'These are the things that make us Indigenous' | Revitalizing the Yavapai-Apache Languages
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGrowing up, Gertrude Smith (Yavapai-Apache) was shamed for trying to learn her language. For the...
D'oh! Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year Caused Wordle Players a Lot of Frustration
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year. Ready for it? It’s “Homer,” stemming from...
'Goblin mode' is Oxford Dictionary's word of the year
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOxford Dictionary sign Patrick Whittemore/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images The Oxford...
Merriam-Webster Adds 370 Words and Phrases to Dictionary, Including Baller, FWIW and Oat Milk
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCharles Krupa/AP/Shutterstock Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ICYMI, "lewk," "pumpkin spice"...
Dictionary.com's Latest Update Shows Love to Black Hair And AAVE
The Root via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe English language is constantly evolving. Terms are added and redefined all the time, which is...
Nearly 700 New Words Were Just Added to the Dictionary—Here Are All the Ones Related to Food
Parade via AOL· 8 months agoEvery year, lexicographers at Merriam-Webster add new words to their esteemed tome, keeping a...