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New Study Of Ancient Symbols Posted: 7 months ago by Timageous
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.
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English language campaigners blast public signs Posted: 2 years ago by spocksmyhomeboy
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."
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Learn A Foreign Language For Free Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
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
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Neanderthals may have had language skills Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
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.
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The Oldest Language in the Universe Posted: 1 year ago by lostsoul135
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
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Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
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.
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Learn a New Language Shower Curtain Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
Learn to speak another language while you shower! This cute shower curtain is printed allover with French, German or Italian to English translations.
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We Learn Our Language in the Womb Posted: 2 weeks ago by bingo
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.
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First Non-Human to acquire human language dies Posted: 2 years ago by Proverb
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.
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Deaf dalmation given a new lease of life after learning sign language Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Another dead language Posted: 2 years ago by picklebob12
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*
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Ancient language may die out Posted: 2 years ago by kissmenow
A Latin American language may die out due to lack of communication.
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The Klingon Language Institute Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
The Klingon Language Institute exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture.
(we do need a "culture" category
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How to know if a girl is interested in you (body language of flirting) Posted: 3 years ago by kokototo
How to know if a girl is interested in you (body language of flirting)
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Scientists look to apes for language origin clues Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
In research published on Monday, scientists seeking clues to the origins of human language analyzed the way two types of apes genetically closely related to people -- chimpanzees and bonobos -- use such hand and limb gestures to communicate.
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Autism - In My Language Posted: 3 years ago by shredtone
An autistic women gives you some insight into the world of Autism. The first 3 minutes are in "her language" and then she provides a translation or at least an explanation in words that we can understand.
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Sign Language at your fingertips, anytime, anywhere Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accessory to people who work with Deaf people, have Deaf customers or just want to learn to sign.
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The swearsaurus Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
I don't think this has been posted before and the roasty thread got me thinking about it. So I present you the "swearsaurus" because we all need to learn the bad words in multiple languages.
Probably NSFW for language (and apparently ads if you don't have firefox). Void where prohibited.
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How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour Posted: 2 years ago by Proverb
Someone try this and tell me if it works.
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Dolphin body language 'follows human verbal communication' Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
As a general rule, the most frequently used words in human languages tend to be the shortest.
The same law applies to dolphins slapping their tails, diving, flopping sideways, and performing other movements when surface swimming, according to Spanish and British researchers.
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