Yoh: A popular South African interjection, which the OED traced to 1855. It comes from two South African languages: Afrikaans ...

Heritage pride in the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro is just one important symbol of a 3,000-plus-word legacy that is still ...

Yoh' effortlessly conveys different emotions and was among a number of local terms recently added to the Oxford English ...

In Africa, children taught in their mother tongue are 30% more likely to read with comprehension by the end of elementary school than those taught in an unfamiliar language. UNESCO therefore promotes ...

"That brings our total to 249 languages, including 60 African languages - more to come." Delivered in a monotone, his statement barely registered among the summit's attendees - an assembly of ...

A statement “remembering and honouring the labour and suffering of those who worked to create this wealth” has been translated into the southern African language ǀxam and carved into the ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thursday said the report on extinction of some African Languages within a century should be a source of worry to all. He said language was ...

has launched an AI-powered platform designed to promote African languages through localised models and hyperlocal datasets. This was disclosed by one of the company co-founders, Olubayo Adekanmbi ...

Named the Esethu Framework, the model aims to ensure African language speakers are not only contributors to AI research, but also beneficiaries of its growth, says Lelapa AI. It is a sustainable ...