When asked what it takes to “truly” belong in a country, many people globally say speaking the local language is key.

With the Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC) now subsumed under the home ministry as one of its departments, many wonder about the fate of the national language. It is renamed as the Department of ...

Addressing the students during a graduation ceremony of the college, Ashwin said that Hindi is not the national language of India. The spinner was prompted to say this after the crowd fell silent ...

Cricketer R Ashwin's recent remark that Hindi is not India's national language but only an official language has been supported by BJP Tamil Nadu President Annamalai, who has said that it is a ...

"Hindi? No response. I thought I should clarify—it is not our national language but an official one," the former Indian bowling all-rounder said in Tamil. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's BJP chief K ...

and standardized Chinese characters are endowed with the legal status of the national standard language, which is promoted in the whole society and freely used by all citizens in their daily lives.

Lim’s reading habit has now led to him being acknowledged as the latest National Malay Language Icon by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP). “The Language Icon recognition aims to celebrate ...