Controversy surrounding the foreign-language Oscar race is raising questions about the category's rules. By Stephen Galloway, The Associated Press Some of the most well-regarded foreign-language films ...

Organizations that give awards think every category is important. The American public, on the other hand, seems to only care about best picture, actor and actress (and supporting, if Brad Pitt or ...

Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from varieties prevalent in Afghanistan and Iran? There is no easy answer to these questions because the very ...

Based on their experience training US diplomats, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) divided all the languages they teach into four distinct categories. The higher the category, the "harder" the ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org written by James Pickett. Republished with permission. Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from ...