ASL game commentary and a weekly show are reaching out to a community that has always faced barriers in embracing professional sports.

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A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures.

English is the most spoken language in the world, with about 1.5 billion speakers around the globe. The number comprises native and non-native speakers, and it makes English a strong player in ...

If spending the festive season abroad, learning to say "Merry Christmas" in the language spoken can help spread the holiday spirit. Christmas is a holiday widely observed around the world but isn ...

With devastating wildfires in Los Angeles leaving at least five people dead and forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate, we’d like to think most people would agree that making emergency ...

Last year the percussionist established the Evelyn Glennie Foundation, an organisation whose aim, as its website states so simply, is to “Teach the World to Listen”.

Whether you're dreaming of sipping espresso in Italy, exploring the rich history of Arabic culture or mastering the art of conversation in Japanese, courses in language and culture provide the tools ...

Editor’s note: This guest commentary by Anthony Diamond of Seattle-based Pioneer Square Labs originally appeared on PSL’s blog.

Here are some of the most intriguing expressions we learned from languages around the world during our reporting ... If you liked this story, sign up for The Essential List newsletter ...