MUMBAI — Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with most of its speakers concentrated in the northern regions. But this year, states in southern and western India have consistently swiped ...

Debates over language are back in the news in New Zealand, this time with proposed legislation that critics have dismissed as a political distraction. In practical terms, the English Language Bill now ...

Donna Shalala complained for weeks that her opponent, a former Spanish-language broadcast journalist, wouldn’t debate her in English. But when she got the chance to confront Maria Elvira Salazar on ...

India’s language policy debate — reignited by the National Education Policy’s implementation — reveals deeper tensions between the country’s state and central governments, with southern states ...