Papiamento: The Caribbean Creole

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Journey to the ABC islands to discover Papiamento, the unique Creole language that sings with the rhythms of its history.…

The Latin Echo in Spanish ‘ll’

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Ever wonder why the Spanish word for 'rain' is *lluvia* when its Latin ancestor was *pluvia*? This transformation is no…

AI’s Low-Resource Language Crisis

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AI models like ChatGPT can write poetry in English, yet they stumble over languages spoken by millions. This 'low-resource' language…

How to Invent an Alphabet

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Ever dreamed of creating your own alphabet? This guide delves into the art and science of script creation, exploring the…

The Little Star: A History of the Asterisk (*)

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Look at your keyboard. Tucked above the number 8 is a symbol we see every day, yet rarely think about:…

The Word Inside a Word: Infixation

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We all know about prefixes and suffixes, but what about the "word inside a word"? This fascinating linguistic process, called…

The Ghost in the North: Sami’s Echo in Norwegian

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While Norwegian is a Germanic language, centuries of contact have left it with linguistic "ghosts" from the indigenous Sami languages.…

Germany’s Word-Engine: The Logic of Compounds

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Go beyond the humor of long German words and discover the powerful logic that builds them. This article deconstructs the…

The Uphill Verb: Grammar of the Himalayas

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In most languages, you simply 'go' somewhere. But in the Himalayas, the very grammar of the language forces you to…

Arabizi: The Internet’s Hybrid Arabic Script

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Arabizi is the internet’s hybrid Arabic script, an ingenious solution to typing Arabic sounds on Latin keyboards using numbers like…

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