What defines a language? What’s authentic speech? Is the love of languages political? Let’s discuss. — If this is your first time engaging with Wikitongues, welcome! Offline, we’re a global network of grassroots linguists expanding access to language revitalization. Online, we publish new language videos on YouTube every week — and we’d like to try using the comments on our videos as starting points for conversations…

In honor of Star Wars Day and the premiere of the series finale of Clone Wars, let’s explore the sociolinguistics of that galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars Galaxy is among pop culture’s most expansive and enduring fantasy worlds. Since 1977, eleven feature films, multiple television series, and hundreds…

International Mother Language Day, celebrated every year on February 21st, was founded to promote and celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity around the world, with a special emphasis on indigenous, minority, heritage, and endangered languages. …