Respect my language
On 5 March 2025 Manchester City of Languages hosted a half-day conference on directions of language policy initiatives in the UK. The meeting was part of Manchester’s calendar of events…
Towards a Language Strategy for Cities
Manchester City of Languages believes that we should talk about languages in the wider context of a multilingual society; promoting languages is not just about teaching languages as skills to…
New Videos: Language Stories
On our YouTube channel you can now view our series on Language Stories. Language is diverse and multi-layered; we use and experience multiple forms of language. In our Language Stories…
New Videos: Towards a Multilingual Utopia
A recording is now available of our conference for UNESCO International Mother Language Day 2024 ‘Towards a Multilingual Utopia: How can knowledge lead to action?’, with contributions from: The conference…
Online conference: Towards a Multilingual Utopia – How can knowledge lead to action?
Celebrating UNESCO International Mother (and Father) Language Day 2024 This online conference with international participants will take place on Wednesday 21 February 2024 at 4-6.30pm UK time. Registration through Eventbrite: The…
What languages are on the rise in Manchester? Making sense of the census
In this report, Manchester City of Languages’ Yaron Matras and Santiago Chau Príncipe compare changes to census figures on languages in Manchester between 2011 and 2021. They find increases for…
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