languages

Linguists found the world’s “weirdest” languages—and English is one of them - Quartz Is English a “weird” language? Many of us might feel this is true when we’re trying to explain its complex spelling rules, or the meanings of idioms such as “it’s raining cats and dogs” to someone who is...

Food innovations changed our mouths, which in turn changed our languages - Arstechnica The overbite that comes from eating soft food may make "ffff" sounds more common. Something deep in the history of the German language pulled speech sounds toward hisses rather than pops. Words like that and...

10 of the best words in the world (that don't translate into English) - The Guardian As millions head abroad on holiday, our correspondents choose the words that for them speak volumes about the countries they love and live in One of the many great things about languages worldwide is the...