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DNA switches that predate humans and Neanderthals still influence how people speak today, offering new clues about language ...

People are talking less than they used to. A lot less. Between 2005 and 2019, the number of words the average person uttered ...

A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By using cutting-edge evolutionary methods, researchers found that languages ...

Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

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People around the world speak about 7,100 languages today. Some languages, such as Tamil and Sanskrit, have been around for thousands of years. Others, like Afrikaans, are much newer, appearing only ...

Today, people speak more than 7,100 languages worldwide. Some, like Sumerian, have been around for over 5,000 years, while others have only just appeared. Mandarin is often seen as the hardest ...