Listen to this episode of A People's History Of Kansas City, a new podcast from KCUR 89.3. For more stories like this one, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Stitcher. Gene Beckman ...

Large language models such as GPT-5 and Llama systematically rate speakers of German dialects less favorably than those using Standard German. This is shown by a recent collaborative study between ...

The 14th annual Zammelaaf (social gathering) featured music, speakers, singing, artisans and opportunities to learn the PA ...

This press release is available in German. Jena (FSU) People whose Thuringian dialect is clearly detectable don't need to hide any more behind speakers of a flawless High German. If they are looked ...

THIRTEEN languages in Germany are on UNESCO's endangered list. Kiezdeutsch, the argot of inner-city teenagers, is not one. “Morgen ich geh Kino,” meaning “Tomorrow I'm going to the cinema,” a young ...

Few children, other than Amish and similar communities, have learned to speak anything more than a handful of words and phrases. The retired director of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at ...