Linguists found the weirdest languages – and English is one of them
Some computational linguists have, however, used data in the World Atlas of Language Structures to explore which languages might be considered …
India is many, not one; has assimilated ideas from everywhere: Upcoming report
Experts on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, philosophy and history will prepare a 600-page report on 12,000 years of India’…
People on Vanuatu’s Malekula Island speak more than 30 indigenous languages. Here’s why we must record them
Vanuatu has been described as the world’s “densest linguistic landscape”, with as many as 145 languages spoken by a population …
When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa
Ability to produce speech sounds catapulted Homo sapiens into a world in which they would dominate all other species
Words are biotic
Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic plurality are also areas of biodiversity?