Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Discover the surprising "orthographic genealogy" that connects the cursive loops of Arabic to the geometric scripts of India. This post analyzes how the ancient Aramaic abjad traveled the Silk Road…
Separated by the Aras River and two centuries of divergent history, the Azerbaijani language exists in a unique sociolinguistic split: one language spoken by millions but written in two completely…
Journey back to medieval Spain to uncover the story of Mozarabic, the lost Romance language of Christians living under Muslim rule. A unique fusion of Vulgar Latin and Arabic, it…
Explore one of history's most radical linguistic reforms: Turkey's 1928 Alphabet Revolution. At the direction of Atatürk, the nation abandoned the centuries-old Arabic script for a new Latin-based alphabet in…
Arabic, a language rich in history and cultural significance, is spoken by more than 420 million people around the globe. Its unique character and significance...