Language forms the backbone of communal existence. It doesn't take long to discover this if you've ever traveled to a place where you don't speak the language. "Where is the nearest bathroom?", "How ...

Students studying for exams, competing against each other in areas involving language, and in general, should learn to distinguish between a language and its dialects. While the words are frequently ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate or incomplete facts about the history of language. Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Philip M. Carter, professor of linguistics at Florida International University, about a new Spanish-influenced dialect of English being spoken in Southern Florida. If you ...

Did you buy some bakery this morning? What about your car — did you park it at the ramp? If you live in Milwaukee, you’ve likely developed an ear for the city’s unique lexicon, known as "Milwaukee-ese ...

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of people studying Ukrainian on Duolingo, a language learning website and mobile app, has increased by more than 500%. Most of those who are taking up ...

Financial support for the Dialect and Heritage Project has come from National Lottery Heritage Fund (£530,500), the University of Leeds’ Footsteps Fund and alumni donations (£110,000), and partner ...

Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education has partnered with a school in Hawaii, Ke Kula Niʻihau o Kekaha, to publish hundreds of books in an indigenous Hawaiian dialect. NINA ...