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Proto‑Sinaitic inscriptions could rewrite history, forcing us to reconsider who invented the alphabet.

A few millennia ago, people worldwide may have spoken or signed up to 10 times as many languages as they do today.

Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear anthropologist April Nowell explain the origins of language.

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

Neural maps reveal the specialized cells that produce speech.

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…

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

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

From the blog of Ivan Bassov at The Times of Israel

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

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.

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.

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.

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