Asian Languages

From Army Camps to Poetry: The Surprising Origins of Urdu

Discover the fascinating linguistic evolution of Urdu, a language that began as a practical means of communication in Mughal army…

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Nivkh: The Mysterious Isolate of Sakhalin Island

Discover Nivkh, a mysterious language isolate indigenous to Sakhalin Island and the Amur River that has survived centuries of pressure…

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Transliteration vs. Transcription: What’s the Difference?

Confused why "Peking" became "Beijing", or why "Quran" is sometimes spelled "Koran"? It all comes down to the linguistic battle…

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Italian of the East: Unlocking Telugu’s Melodic Secret

Discover the fascinating linguistics behind Telugu, often called the "Italian of the East" due to its unique 'Ajanta' structure where…

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Madala Panji: The Temple Chronicles of Odia

Discover the Madala Panji, the drum-shaped palm-leaf chronicles of the Jagannath Temple, which mark a revolutionary shift from verse to…

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How Palm Leaves Shaped the Odia Script

Explore the fascinating intersection of linguistics and material science by discovering how the fragile nature of palm leaves dictated the…

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The Irony of ‘Hindi’: A Persian Name, A Sanskrit Soul

The name "Hindi" is a Persian exonym meaning "of the Indus", yet the modern formal language is defined by a…

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Hindi and Urdu: Twins Separated by a Script

Hindi and Urdu represent a fascinating linguistic paradox: they are mutually intelligible in conversation yet largely incomprehensible to one another…

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A Royal Tongue: The Golden Age of Telugu

Travel back to the 16th-century Vijayanagara Empire to discover why Emperor Krishnadevaraya famously declared Telugu the "greatest of the nation's…

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One Language, Two Anthems: The Power of Bengali Poetry

Discover the unique linguistic phenomenon of Bengali, the only language in the world to claim the national anthems of two…

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