Historical Linguistics

The Solresol Scale: A Musical Language

Imagine ordering a coffee using a flute or saying 'I love you' with a violin. This was the vision behind…

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The ‘Defective’ Verb: When Grammar Has Gaps

Ever wondered why you can say 'I am running' but not 'I am musting'? These grammatical black holes are the…

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A Conlang Civil War: The Loglan vs. Lojban Schism

Explore the dramatic schism that split the world of logical languages in two. This post uncovers the story of Dr.…

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The Kazakh Alphabet Switch: A Nation’s Identity

Kazakhstan is undertaking a monumental linguistic and cultural shift, transitioning its national script from Cyrillic to Latin. This deep dive…

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The Pasilalinic-sympathetic Alphabet

What if the letter 'S' looked like a hiss or 'P' was shaped by the lips? We delve into the…

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Linguistic Taphonomy: Word Decay

Just as paleontologists study fossils to understand ancient life, we can explore the fossils in our own language. Linguistic taphonomy…

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The Tangut Script: A Lost Empire’s Code

Uncover the story of the Tangut script, a complex writing system that looks like Chinese but is entirely different. Created…

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Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls: An OCR Puzzle

Teaching a computer to read is simple, but what if the text is a 2,000-year-old, fragmented manuscript written in an…

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Two Tongues, One Soul: The Hindi-Urdu Divide

While speakers from Delhi and Lahore can converse with ease, their national languages, Hindi and Urdu, are officially distinct. This…

4 months ago

Ancient Graffiti: Curses & Complaints

Forget sterile museum displays of emperors and epic battles. The true, unfiltered history of humanity is scrawled on the walls…

4 months ago

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