Language learning app Duolingo has seen an over 200% spike in U.S. users learning Mandarin "out of spite" as many flee to Chinese app RedNote amid the uncertainty surrounding TikTok's future. On ...

At the Duncan Middle School in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., a sort of linguistic wrestling match takes place every afternoon pitting about a dozen students, ages 12 to 14, against a formidable foe: ...

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Mandarin Chinese: coming to a school near you soon? shutterstock Mandarin Chinese is seen as being of increasing strategic importance, and in recent years there’s been a growing number of students ...

Linguists concerned as regional languages dwindle amid push to strengthen uniform national identity Two years ago, Qi Jiayao visited his mother’s hometown of Shaoxing in eastern China. When he tried ...