Many writers know the 5-7-5 syllable count of haiku, but this is merely the surface. The true grammar of the…
What happens when a language’s last fluent speaker passes away? For the Myaamia people, this was not an ending but…
Long before 1492, the Americas were a kaleidoscope of linguistic diversity. The controversial "three-wave" migration theory attempts to explain this…
For scientists and staff "wintering-over" in Antarctica, months of profound isolation have forged a unique micro-dialect. This "Antarctic English" features…
In the 1960s, a radical new alphabet for English was born, bankrolled by the will of playwright George Bernard Shaw.…
In Islamic art, the graceful curves of calligraphy are not a matter of artistic whim, but of sacred mathematics. This…
What happens when a language preserved in a 1,000-year-old time capsule re-encounters its rapidly evolved cousin? The meeting of Icelandic…
Why isn't the past tense of "go" *goed*? The answer lies in a fascinating linguistic phenomenon called suppletion, where a…
In the 1830s, an illiterate Vai man in West Africa named Momolu Duwalu Bukele had a vivid dream where he…
From the simple 'bye-bye' in English to the Indonesian *wiku-wiku* (very fast), repeating words is a powerful tool found in…
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