By analyzing genetic material from over 400 individuals across Eurasia, researchers have traced the origins of Indo-European languages to a group known as the Caucasus-Lower Volga (CLV ...

Its evolution – a story of migration, conquest, intermarriage and human progress – has lessons for how we see ourselves. We ...

"So intricate and inscrutable a mystery is the origin of language that in 1866 the French Society of Linguistics formally banned further research on the subject." --J. H. Dirckx, 1977. (Dx + Rx: A ...

English Language Day 2025 is observed on April 23, a date chosen to honour both the birth and death anniversary of the ...

Central Michigan student Hisham Danoun spoke on the history of the Arabic language at 6:30 pm on Monday, April 28. Offering ...

We explore all periods of the history of the English language, from Old English to the present day, and examine the development and use of varieties of spoken and written English, both globally and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

A key human characteristic is our ability to communicate through complex languages — about 7,000 of which are spoken around the world today. Understanding the origin and development of past and ...