# languages - Sunday 13 September, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
Ireland doesn’t have the best relationship with foreign languages.
# languages - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# Lunch Crunch
# Lunch Crunch
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
# languages - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Excuse My French
# Excuse My French
Some performed very well, while others struggled with basic vocabulary.
# languages - Tuesday 7 March, 2017
# Gaeilge
# Gaeilge
The editor said that the new dictionary “covers every level of language use, from formal to informal, from polite to vulgar”.
# languages - Monday 12 December, 2016
# Speaking My Language
From The Daily Edge
# Speaking My Language
“So what do you do?” “I’m an emoji translator.”
# languages - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
# languages - Saturday 16 January, 2016
# Education
# Education
More than 70% of Irish people cannot speak a language other than English or Irish.
# languages - Saturday 6 June, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Seriously – check your writing skills.
# languages - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
# TechGuide
# TechGuide
Give me a @… no, no, that’s a #.
# languages - Thursday 30 April, 2015
# Early Start
# Early Start
Also, more than half of adults believe coding should be taught in primary and secondary schools.
# languages - Sunday 8 March, 2015
# Mr Blue Sky
# Mr Blue Sky
Blue doesn’t even exist for everyone.
# languages - Monday 12 January, 2015
# Translate This
# Translate This
The update will allow users to translate spoken words into another language in real-time, similar to Skype.
# languages - Saturday 20 December, 2014
# Duolingo
# Duolingo
Duolingo launched the beta version of its Irish course during the summer, and its success has been down to five volunteers.
# languages - Tuesday 26 August, 2014
# Ceart Go Leor
# Ceart Go Leor
The popular language learning app has seen more than 6,000 people sign up to its Irish course, which is currently in beta.
# languages - Friday 22 August, 2014
# Polyglots Rejoice!
# Polyglots Rejoice!
The Android version is now able to automatically detect and understand five languages at once.
# languages - Sunday 8 June, 2014
# Habla Espanol
# Habla Espanol
If you’re planning on learning Chinese, you’d want to have some time.
# languages - Sunday 15 December, 2013
# Nollaig Shona?
From The Daily Edge
# Nollaig Shona?
And NO IRISH! Still, you know that one.
# languages - Thursday 5 December, 2013
# Culture
# Culture
It’s estimated that more than half of the world’s 7,000 languages could end up disappearing by the end of the century
# languages - Monday 17 June, 2013
# Mouths Of Babes
# Mouths Of Babes
The sound of toddlers babbling might seem like random sounds but is actually much more sophisticated than previously thought, according to a new study.
# languages - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
# As Gaeilge
# As Gaeilge
An absence of staff with competence in both official languages of the State is one of the main factors restricting state bodies in their delivery of services to the public in Irish, according to a report.
# languages - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Immigration
# Immigration
About 1 per cent of the entire population of England and Wales speaks Polish – more than Punjabi or Urdu.
# languages - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
# Languages
# Languages
Enda Kenny wonders why children cannot speak Irish after 14 years’ tuition, after PayPal says it can’t find locals to fill jobs.
# languages - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
If Irish is to survive as a real language we must focus on preservation – and just forget about promoting it to English speakers, writes Ian Mac Eochagáin.
# languages - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
# Revenue
# Revenue
Finance Minister says Revenue sometimes requires interpreters when questioning passengers who have insufficient Irish or English.
# languages - Thursday 29 March, 2012
# Languages
# Languages
Polish was by far the most common foreign language spoken in the home, followed by French, Lithuanian and German.
# languages - Sunday 18 December, 2011
# Sitdown Sunday
From The Daily Edge
# Sitdown Sunday
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# languages - Thursday 27 October, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
In Ireland’s export economy, languages are a direct route to jobs. So why aren’t we teaching them, asks Fergal Browne.
# languages - Friday 7 October, 2011
# Global Irish
# Global Irish
Treasury Holdings co-founder says Irish students should be learning a Chinese language – Enda Kenny says it’s up to schools. What do you say?
# languages - Friday 9 September, 2011
# Twitter
# Twitter
From seven to 100 million. Twitter says it now has 100 million active users around the world.
# languages - Thursday 7 October, 2010
# Languages
# Languages
Researchers discover a language spoken in the Himalayas that had never been recorded before.
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