Many of the world’s thousands of languages are on the brink of extinction.

IT is often said that the West’s academic interest in the East, its culture and languages was not driven by curiosity but the real motive behind the oriental studies was colonial designs and ...

Imagine being able to travel back thousands of years, not with a time machine, but through the words our ancestors spoke. It ...

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney is an exploration of how hundreds of languages share a single ...

Today, 10 April, Vesna Crnić-Grotić, member in respect of Croatia and former Chair of the Committee of Experts of the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe and Elise ...

The E.U. must stand closer, more decisively and with new policies, to the local communities that are suffering the consequences of the climate crisis, was the general conclusion of the eventon ...

"Even words that were traced back to Old English eventually come from Proto-Indo-European," he explains. "So all language is imported, in that sense." Members of the Senate Finance Committee meet ...

"Even words that were traced back to Old English eventually come from Proto-Indo-European," he explains ... broadening," which happens all the time in language and isn't inherently cause for concern ...