Centuries of contact between Older Scots and the Scandinavian language of Norn, coupled with geographic isolation, has resulted in the highly distinctive dialects spoken in the Orkney and Shetland ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Britain and Ireland are home to a rich array of spoken and signed languages and dialects. Language is ever evolving, in its diversity, and ...

Find out more about studying British Sign Language with Languages for All. Browse our modules to find the right level for you. Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial ...

Sign Language is a visual means of communicating using gestures, facial expression, and body language. Sign Language is used mainly by people who are Deaf or have hearing impairments. Within Britain, ...

Later on, the Romans decided to believe in just one god and introduced Christianity to Britain too. Before the Romans arrived there was no written language in Britain. They changed all that by ...

Manchester is the UK’s language capital, according to researchers at The University of Manchester ... “But we do know Manchester has the densest multilingual population for its size in the UK and the ...

The ramifications would extend beyond the lamentable decline of school exchanges: Britain needs foreign language speakers in order to do business at home and abroad, function as a tourist ...

A bill which would make British Sign Language a legally recognised language has received government backing. The proposed law, which passed its first hurdle in the Commons on Friday, would require ...

Schools in England are "worryingly" failing to provide comprehensive policies for second languages, new research has revealed. Only three in every 500 schools have whole-school policies which ...

The Belfast Irish-language rap group Kneecap won a legal challenge against the British government on Friday over a decision by the previous Conservative administration to refuse it an arts grant.