Our languages vary, but we may not be that different after all. From the word "huh" to how we come up with the names of ...

One of the most daunting tasks when traveling abroad is attempting to understand the language. To most people, a different language can sound like complete gibberish as speech patterns, inflection and ...

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

Language is one of the greatest art forms on Earth. There are thousands of spoken, written, and signed languages around the world with subcategories including regional and ethnic dialects and ...

We live in a sea of constant sounds and noises. Some are meaningful and some are not. However, it seems as though we have a remarkable ability to discriminate human speech from all of those other ...

What's in a swear? The world's filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there's something else swears across the world's languages have in common. They're all missing ...