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Left-to-Right & Vertical: Mongolian’s Writing Orientation

While most of the world writes horizontally, and East Asian scripts traditionally flow vertically from right to left, the traditional…

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From Maykop to Kfar Kama: The Global Journey of Adyghe

Discover the fascinating linguistic journey of Adyghe, a complex Northwest Caucasian language that traveled from the Russian city of Maykop…

4 days ago

Adyghe: The Language With 50 Consonants and 2 Vowels

Explore the linguistic anomaly of Adyghe, a Northwest Caucasian language that challenges phonological norms with over 50 distinctive consonants and…

4 days ago

From Chutzpah to Glitch: The Yiddish Words You Already Speak

While everyone knows "bagel", few realize that technical terms like "glitch" and emotive words like "schlep" are Yiddish loanwords that…

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Frisian: The Closest Living Relative to English

Discover why linguists consider Frisian to be the closest living sibling to the English language. This article explores the Anglo-Frisian…

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Crimean Gothic: The Dialect That Cheated Death

Discover the fascinating story of Crimean Gothic, a Germanic dialect that survived in isolation on the Black Sea coast for…

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Oulipo: Writing Under Constraint

Discover Oulipo, the French literary group that combines mathematics and writing to prove that strict constraints are the key to…

5 days ago

Heterograms & Isograms: Words with Unique Letters

Explore the linguistic and mathematical fascination behind heterograms and isograms—words where no letter is ever repeated. This article delves into…

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Stoichedon: The Greek Grid Style of Writing

Discover the "stoichedon" style of Ancient Greece, where inscriptions were carved in perfect, checkerboard-like grids without spaces or punctuation. This…

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Kinesics: Reading Body Motion

Ray Birdwhistell’s theory of Kinesics challenges us to analyze body language with the same grammatical rigor we apply to spoken…

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