Tag: linguistics

December 11, 2025 at 2:22 am

Divorced Man’s Daughter Made Up Her Own Language That She Speaks With Him, But She Hasn’t Taught The Language To Her Mom

Are there deeper issues at mom’s?

September 29, 2025 at 12:55 pm

There Are Only 800 Speakers Of Guugu Yimithirr, An Odd Language That Does Not Have Terms For “Left” Or “Right”

Imagine getting directions from someone in this language.

April 6, 2025 at 9:49 am

Researchers Prove That Human Capacity For Language Developed 135,000 Years Ago, When We All Lived As One Tribe

With language, the researchers argue, came the tools for human development.

December 19, 2024 at 12:49 pm

Linguists Publish A Study That Shows One Small Word Has A Universal Meaning Across Nearly All Languages

Wait… what?!

June 3, 2023 at 9:07 am

What’s The Difference Between Language And Dialect?

Historically, they say it has less to do with language and more to do with politics.

January 8, 2023 at 1:11 am

New Thesis Claims May Have Decoded 2,500-Year-Old “Language Machine”

“Pāṇini’s algorithm creates grammatically correct Sanskrit words and those of many other languages.”

October 26, 2022 at 12:10 pm

Linguists Explain Slang Trends Through History

Linguists review the history of some of the most popular slang words ever!

July 2, 2020 at 12:45 pm

The Amazing Story of Deaf Children in 1980s Nicaragua Inventing a Brand New Language

When a deaf community formed it gave birth to a brand new language

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Divorced Man’s Daughter Made Up Her Own Language That She Speaks With Him, But She Hasn’t Taught The Language To Her Mom

There Are Only 800 Speakers Of Guugu Yimithirr, An Odd Language That Does Not Have Terms For “Left” Or “Right”

Researchers Prove That Human Capacity For Language Developed 135,000 Years Ago, When We All Lived As One Tribe

Linguists Publish A Study That Shows One Small Word Has A Universal Meaning Across Nearly All Languages

What’s The Difference Between Language And Dialect?

New Thesis Claims May Have Decoded 2,500-Year-Old “Language Machine”

Linguists Explain Slang Trends Through History

The Amazing Story of Deaf Children in 1980s Nicaragua Inventing a Brand New Language

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