Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...

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New insights from archaeology, genetics and early inscriptions are helping to uncover the story of Celtic languages in ...

Around 1,500 endangered and rare languages are at a high risk of being lost in the next century, according to a study of thousands of spoken languages. The study, published on Thursday in Nature ...

People across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas through the use of thousands of distinct languages. These languages form a fundamental part of our ...

Multilingualism is a fundamental part of human society, reflecting the diverse linguistic landscape of our world. UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages documents 8,324 languages, spoken or signed, of ...

The 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) is in full gear and climate change is again on everyone’s mind. It conjures up images of melting glaciers, rising sea levels, droughts, flooding, threatened ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

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