The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language. Fabio Trecca, CC BY-ND A visual depiction of the words for ‘smoked trout’ spoken out loud in Danish (top) and ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Danish academics have warned of “language death” in the country after the closure of scores of ...

The late Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew was always adamant that his countrymen speak proper English. It was his formal training, and somewhat idiosyncratic readings of culture and race that suggested ...

How many sign languages are there in the world? How many people use them? How are they structured? How strong are they, and what are the attitudes of the users (and others) to their languages? The ...

Denmark will reduce the number of places on certain English medium of instruction programs at six of the country’s eight universities in a bid to discourage international graduates from returning home ...

Thomas Vinterberg's film won star Mads Mikkelson acting prize at Cannes In addition to Mikkelsen’s victory at Cannes, “The Hunt” also earned the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Vulcan Award of ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic — the ...