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 6 months ago

A few days ago, I said that 1337 (Leet) was the geek language second only to Klingon. So here are your essential Klingon phrases.

From "that is not my dagger protruding from your midsection" to "merry Christmas". No, really! picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The class is a result of the National Security Language Initiative, introduced by President Bush in 2006 to teach the youngest students Chinese and other foreign languages considered critical to the nation's future security. "We're going to teach our kids how to speak important languages," he said. One goal, he added, was "to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat... read full post picked by muppet 1 year 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 3 weeks ago

d'Armond Speers decided to perform an experiment. He spoke nothing but Klingon to his son for 3 years to see if his son would pick up the language like any other. picked by 2manyusernames 1 week 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

The Deseret Alphabet came about on January 19, 1854 when the Board of Regents of the University of Deseret announced that they had adopted a new phonetic alphabet. The new alphabet consisted of 38 to 40 characters as part of a project to help simplify spelling in the English Language. Really neat info here. You can even download the font! picked by muppet 2 years ago

It's one thing to become Canadian, it's another thing to speak Canadian. That's what new immigrants to Canada discover after trying to navigate their new country's unusual colloquialisms.

Happy Canada Day eh, you hosers! picked by kakana 5 months ago

Arabic, Latin, English, Hebrew, Aramaic and Persian are all well known languages, but can there be a language that predates humanity itself by millions of years?

It's only the genetic code, but still an interesting article picked by lostsoul135 1 year 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

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

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

The Klingon Language Institute exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture.

(we do need a "culture" category picked by suebe 2 years ago

He's not fluent I'm sure, but this kid's grasp of 13 languages is amazing. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago