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Venture beyond the familiar Indo-European languages and discover the ancient Dravidian family of Southern India and Sri Lanka. From the…
In languages like English, you 'have' a book. But in Russian, Irish, or Turkish, you would say "to me there…
From Mandarin's 'māma' to Swahili's 'mama', the word for 'mother' is strikingly similar everywhere, but it's not a linguistic coincidence.…
Most of us learn the ABCs and assume all writing works this way, but that's just one piece of the…
The English language is a kaleidoscope of cultural influence, where words from different corners of the world have found a…
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