Old censorship means Myanmar lacks translations

Social media round-up for April 29, 2016

We loved learning about the Yiddish flavor of English in Grammarly’s blog “4 Ways Yiddish Has Influenced English.”
Tech Insider posted about how Dolphins’ complex language might help us decrypt alien messages.
TTW Putin stepped in as interpreter for German-speaking politician, via RT.
Is this how Eve spoke? Mail Online reported on research that shows every human language evolved from a ‘single prehistoric African mother tongue’.
We learned from Variety just how popular ‘The Jungle Book’ is in India, and how successful its localization in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu was (really successful!).
A legacy of old censorship means Myanmar lacks translations from English, something we’d never thought about before Publishing Perspectives brought it up.
The Macmillan Dictionary had some great tips on expressing boredom in English.
Have you considered learning languages through video game play? If not, Languages Around The World suggest these 5 pc games to start with.
We loved the idea of reviving a dying language with a nursery rhyme competition, like this Sindhi community is hoping to do, from Mid-Day.
Language A-levels in the UK are becoming too expensive to run, and fewer students are achieving them, reported The Telegraph.
Cherokee Nation told us about Cherokee Immersion Charter School earning 18 trophies in state language fair, in Oklahoma, so cool (and congrats)!