Learn Japanese Why Does the Japanese Language Have Three Alphabets? 新しい言語は、新たな人生の始まり Atarashī gengo wa, aratana jinsei no hajimari. “A new language is the beginning of a new life.” You did it. After years of watching Japanese anime, you decided to learn Japanese.
History Linguistic Extinction: How Languages Die In a previous article, we said that language is a living organism. It gets born, it grows and it develops — as does the society in which it is spoken. Languages change over time
History Shibboleths: Words Intended to be Mispronounced Did you know that there are words which physically cannot be pronounced by speakers of other languages? And that these words can be used to identify such people in critical situations? These words
History Why an Ancient Roman Wouldn’t Recognize Their Own Alphabet Today We’ve previously covered the history of the Latin script and how it came to life: How it evolved from the Greek alphabet, which in turn was derived from the Old Phoenician writing
English Why English Spelling Is Such a Mess English is the most popular foreign language in the world. It is learned in nearly every country in the world, starting from the first grade, and it is the language most people resort
conlang Volapük: The Would-be Language of the World In one of our previous articles, we discussed the most well-known and widespread constructed language in the world: Esperanto. Despite not achieving its initial goal of becoming the main means of international communication,
Learn Esperanto Esperanto: The Birth (and Failure) of a Language In one of our previous articles, we stated that languages are living organisms. They get born, they live, grow, and change over time. Eventually, they pass away, making space for others. This happened
History Latin's Lifespan: How Do Languages Die Out? The influence of the Roman Empire on our modern civilization cannot be underestimated: Europe’s judicial systems, scientific traditions, and literature can all be traced back to the ancient world. Their language also
