The Tangut Script: A Lost Empire’s Code
Uncover the story of the Tangut script, a complex writing system that looks like Chinese but is entirely different. Created to forge a national identity for the Western Xia empire,…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Uncover the story of the Tangut script, a complex writing system that looks like Chinese but is entirely different. Created to forge a national identity for the Western Xia empire,…
Journey beyond the familiar and discover languages that defy expectations, from a whistled language that echoes through Canary Island valleys to a Dagestani tongue where a single verb can have…
Could a nearly extinct language from Siberia be related to Navajo and other Native American languages? The fascinating DenΓ©-Yeniseian hypothesis proposes a direct linguistic link across the Bering Strait, telling…
Every two weeks, a language dies, taking with it a unique way of seeing the world. Meet the "Language Catchers," modern-day linguists racing against time with digital tools and deep…