Language – XXinfos

'Mogging' has suddenly become a common term. Is that a problem?

Hadi hivi karibuni, kama mtu angesema "mog" kwangu, pengine ningefikiri wanazungumza kuhusu paka kutoka kitabu cha watoto cha marehemu, Judith Kerr. Kama wangeuliza kuhusu "mogging" au "kumogwa," ningekuwa nimepotea kabisa....

June 6, 2026

What happens when we lose a language?

Tuna bahati kubwa kujua chochote kuhusu lugha ya Ubykh. Katika miaka ya 1800, makumi ya maelfu ya watu waliizungumza kando ya pwani ya Bahari Nyeusi. Urusi ilipotwaa eneo hilo, watu...

May 10, 2026

The Pentagon says it's focused on maximizing combat effectiveness. Why is slang from the 'incel' community becoming more widely used?

A recent tweet from the US Department of Defense boasted about the military’s killing capabilities with the phrase: “Low cortisol.…

"We're a bit jealous of Kneacap": Europe's minority languages navigating the digital age, by Stephen Burgen.

There’s an Irish saying, “tír gan teanga, tír gan anam”: a country without a language is a country without a…

November 26, 2025

Italian curses and German creativity: the unique ways people swear across the globe.

When researchers asked people worldwide to list every taboo word they could think of, the results revealed striking cultural differences.…

October 19, 2025