The Most Useful Phrases to Learn Before Visiting Any Country
Travelling becomes far easier when you can say more than just hello. Knowing some useful phrases to learn can make
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Sarikoli Language: The Vanishing Tongue of the Pamiris People
The Sarikoli language is a critically endangered Eastern Iranian language. It is spoken by the Pamiris people of the Pamir
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The Truth Of Makuva: One of Timor’s Most Endangered Languages
Makuva is disappearing. Not with a dramatic final speaker, but through gradual neglect, pressure, and erasure. Once spoken along the
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Exaptation in Linguistics: How Language Features Evolve New Functions
Exaptation in linguistics describes the process by which existing language features take on new functions they were not developed for.
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Mapoyo: The Venezuelan Language Down to Its Last Voices
Mapoyo is a language on the edge of silence. Once spoken along the banks of the Orinoco in southern Venezuela.
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Constructed Languages: Complete Guide to Conlangs
Constructed Languages are languages created rather than evolved. Designed to serve specific goals. They are such as international communication, artistic
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Did Ancient Languages Sound Different? Inside the Glottalic Theory
Ancient languages may not have sounded as smooth or familiar as we often imagine, a consideration central to the Glottalic
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Language Documentation: Processes and Methods
The effective creation of language documentation is essential for understanding how linguists document languages, which is a question at the
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Optimality Theory: The Constraint System That Shapes Languages
Optimality Theory is one of the most influential frameworks in modern linguistics. Offering a powerful way to explain why languages
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Do the Royals Use Duolingo? Language Learning in the Palace
Learning a new language is no longer limited to classrooms. Even members of royal families are turning to modern tools,
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