Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime." picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago

Norwegian (here I'm talking about bokmål, the most often-used variety of Norwegian) is a language spoken by about 5 million people in Norway, and is extremely similar to the languages Swedish and Danish. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

English as it is spoken today will have disappeared in 100 years and could be replaced by a global language called Panglish, researchers claim. New words will form and meanings will change with the most dramatic changes being made by people learning English as a second language. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Learn to speak another language while you shower! This cute shower curtain is printed allover with French, German or Italian to English translations. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, will be held today(on 28/05/2007) at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 contestants compete for the title. Here are the videos and swimsuit photos of all the contestants. Enjoy! picked by SunSeven 3 years ago

In an effort to dumb down the language certain words that are of Latin origin are being requested to be banned. Words such as "per", "via", "vice versa", "et cetera" "ad lib" and others are "confusing" to some. Via (I mean by way of) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

FOXP2, to date the only gene known to play a role in speech and language, has now been found by scientists to be identical in Neanderthals and Humans. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get. We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.
It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother’s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages. By the time we are born, our dialect is determined. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

Japanese researchers have discovered a translation of Beatrix Potter's much-loved children's classic "Peter Rabbit" dating back to 1906, making it the oldest known foreign-language version of the book. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Mango is offering free language courses on French, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and even Pig Latin
Spanish and Polish speakers can learn English picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

maybe its not dead, it says some people still speak it. in my opinion it's an unborn language
*it was intended as a world language, FAIL* picked by picklebob12 2 years ago

A Latin American language may die out due to lack of communication. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

A man with no knowledge of the English language writes a Portuguese-to-English phrasebook. Hilarity ensues. picked by sofsr 7 months ago

Some cultures use a whistled language to communicate. This means that speech is emulated in whistling, which can cover much larger distances (typically 1 – 2 km but up to 5 km). Link points to examples and the wikipedia page is incredibly fascinating and points to even more examples of people speaking in whistles. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Ancient gibberish or ancient language? Turns out it probably was a language. There are literally hundreds of ancient scripts around the world that could be examined with this technique. picked by Timageous 7 months ago

The web has lots of free translation sites to translate between human languages but what about canine languages? A language that make large use of the body? Well thanks to modern technology now you can learn how to interpret what your dog is saying. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The remains of a man who could be the world's oldest known paralysis victim have been unearthed by Australian bio-archaeologists in northern Vietnam. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This female chimpanzee was said to be the first non-human to acquire human language. She died of natural causes at the research institute where she was kept. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

A deaf dalmatian which was trapped in a world of its own has been given a new lease of life after learning sign language.
The spotted dog called Zoe was born profoundly deaf and had failed to bond with its owner who was forced to give her up. But staff at an animal shelter began to teach the 18-month-old pooch basic sign language through a series of hand commands. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Obama merely commented about the benefits of Americans learning a second language. A few people took issue with his comments, perhaps they misunderstood or twisted his words. He clarified his comments to show he wasn't some sort of secret anti-english person. picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago