The decline of some languages was probably expected by India’s policymakers because the facilities provided for language ...

Spoken language is believed to have emerged 50,000-100,000 years ago, giving humans valuable and unique skills such as sharing stories, preserving history, and ultimately, building complex societies.

The theme for International Mother Language Day in 2025 is "Languages Matter: Silver Jubilee Celebration of International ...

Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna contribute a new piece to this puzzle in ...

We explore all periods of the history of the English language, from Old English to the present day, and examine the development and use of varieties of spoken and written English, both globally and ...

Joshua Bell, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, says that many people still ...

The mid-19th century was a turbulent period in Welsh history. Popular risings and riots ... reason was the continued existence of the Welsh language. After a speech in 1846 by William Williams ...