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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…

Parsing the Unparsable: The Dhaasanac Language

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Journey to the Omo Valley to meet the Dhaasanac people of Ethiopia, whose language defies easy categorization. Instead of marking…

The Language of Fandom: From Headcanon to Ship

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Ever stumbled into an online discussion about your favorite show and felt like you needed a translator? You've just encountered…

The Georgian Alphabet’s Three Sisters

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Georgia doesn't just have one unique alphabet—it has three. This trio of distinct but related scripts, known as Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri,…

Australia’s Sign Language of the Plains

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Discover Warlpiri Sign Language, a complete and complex language used not by the Deaf, but by the hearing Warlpiri community…

The Private Language Argument

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Ever dreamed of inventing a language that only you could understand, a secret code for your innermost feelings? Philosopher Ludwig…

Reading the Mind of a Coma Patient

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What if a patient in a coma could hear and understand you, trapped inside a body that won't respond? Groundbreaking…

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