Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Long before 1492, the Americas were a kaleidoscope of linguistic diversity. The controversial "three-wave" migration theory attempts to explain this by classifying hundreds of Indigenous languages into three major families—Eskimo-Aleut,…
Ever wonder why Spanish in Mexico sounds so different from Spanish in Madrid? The story begins not in the capital, but in the southern ports of Andalusia, where the ships…
Ejectives are a fascinating category of consonants found in languages from the Caucasus to the Americas. Made by building up air pressure in the mouth before releasing it in a…
Esperanto, the most successful constructed international auxiliary language, was invented in the late 19th century by L. L. Zamenhof with the intention of fostering harmony...