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Why does a country have 843 languages while another has only two? See how geography, isolation, and history have shaped the world's languages.

#languages of the world #linguistic diversity

#language mixing

Neural maps reveal the specialized cells that produce speech.

#neurolinguistics

The Old English Wordhord unlocks one medieval word a day, pairing each term with its definition, pronunciation and, often, a manuscript illustration. Creator (of should it be wordwyrm?) Dr. Hana…

#words #Old English

#writing systems #pre-writing

More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.

#endangered languages #linguistic ecology

In 1866, the topic became so controversial that the Société de Linguistique de Paris banned discussions about language origins altogether.

#origins of language

From the blog of Ivan Bassov at The Times of Israel

#gender systems #Hebrew #Ukrainian #Turkish

A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

#language acquisition #language change #neural networks #AI

(via The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews)

#Cherokee #Bible translation

The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books. It cited concerns over declining test scores and increasing screen time.

#reading comprehension #computers

Did humans lose their sense of smell? A study on the Orang Asli people reveals that hunter-gatherers maintain ancestral smell genes for foraging, while farmers' olfactory receptors evolved alongside agriculture.

#human evolution #linguistic relativity #gene studies #olfaction

How did Enron traders manipulate trust? A new study reveals the linguistic moves—bond, build, confide, probe, and repair—used to foster corruption and collusion.

#sociolinguistics #forensic linguistics

The meaning behind Teotihuacan’s enigmatic symbols is finally coming to light, revealing new evidence of an early Uto-Aztecan writing system.

#decipherment #Uto-Aztecan

Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".

#Old English #pronouns

Research on the origins of the ancient Egyptian language suggests deep links to migration, desertification and cultural contact.

#Egyptian #language contact

Is wit a sign of evolutionary fitness? A new study explores how "quick-wittedness" and ancient verb-noun compounds shaped the evolution of human grammar through sexual selection. Learn how "killjoys" helped build the human brain.

#origins of language

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