Reading Japanese: The Brain’s 3-Script Juggle

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The Japanese writing system uniquely blends three distinct scripts—Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana—often within a single sentence. This presents a fascinating…

Bilingual Aphasia: The Lost Language Puzzle

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What happens when a bilingual person suffers brain damage and loses one of their languages, but not the other? This…

Shadow Tongues: The World’s Anti-Languages

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Ever overheard a conversation that sounded like your language, but made no sense? You might have stumbled upon an anti-language,…

The Uncracked Code of a Murder Victim

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In 1999, murder victim Ricky McCormick left behind two encrypted notes that have stumped the FBI for over two decades.…

Fungi Language: Decoding Nature’s Web

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Can fungi talk? A groundbreaking study reveals that mycelial networks transmit electrical impulses in patterns that strikingly mirror human language,…

Kusunda: The Ghost Language of Nepal

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Once believed to be extinct, the Kusunda language of Nepal is a true linguistic ghost, with no known relatives in…

Recreating Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice

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Scientists have peered into the life of Ötzi the Iceman, learning what he ate and how he died. Now, thanks…

The Language of North Sentinel Island

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On a remote island lives a people who have rejected all contact with the modern world. Their language, Sentinelese, is…

Vinča Symbols: Europe’s Oldest Writing?

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Long before Egyptian hieroglyphs, a mysterious Neolithic culture in the Balkans etched thousands of symbols onto clay. These Vinča symbols…

Linguistic Fossils: Spain’s History in Idioms

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Ever wondered why Spaniards say "there are no Moors on the coast" to mean the coast is clear? Many Spanish…

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