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Dancers relax after performing during a Diwali Festival in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley gets linguistic enlightenment from India

Arts, Culture & Media

The language of tech start-ups, innovation and business deals are deeply influenced by the many Indians who live and work in Silicon Valley.

Linguists hope to save endangered languages in India

Pakistani scholars concerned that Urdu script being lost to technology

Pakistan set to require telecom companies to block messages from a bizarre word list

My Failed Calls to Send Ramadan Greetings from Lucknow to Lahore

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A Push to Support Language Diversity in India

Global Politics

The World’s Hadley Robinson reports on the state of language in India, where a recent survey documented hundreds of native languages.

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Will Pakistan’s Urdu Script Be Lost in Texting Translation?

Arts, Culture & Media

The young generation in Pakistan, that has grown up using SMS as the predominant means of written communication, is using Latin script to write Urdu.

Pakistan Bans Certain Words in Text Messages

Global Politics

Authorities in Pakistan want to clamp down on unsolicited mobile phone text messages. But as Fahad Desmukh reports from Karachi, the order — and the list of words — have become a target of both ridicule and criticism.

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Mixing English in Pakistan

Arts, Culture & Media

Pakistan’s national language Urdu is in danger of disappearing. That’s because more of the country’s younger generation is using English phrases in their daily speak. The World’s Aaron Schachter tells us more.