The Ezana Stone: Decoding Ethiopia’s Rosetta Stone
Long before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the Kingdom of Aksum produced the Ezana Stone, a trilingual monument inscribed in Ancient Greek, Sabaean, and Ge'ez. This article explores how…
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Indo-European vs. Sino-Tibetan Compared
A deep dive into the world's two largest language families, revealing their core architectural differences. We explore how Indo-European languages like English build meaning by changing word shapes (inflection), while…
The Pitch-Accent Puzzle of Japanese
In Japanese, a single word like `hashi` can mean 'bridge' or 'chopsticks' based on a subtle change in melody. This isn't about stress or tones like in Mandarin; it's the…