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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 5 months ago tags whistle whistld languages language cultures communicate |
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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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share science |
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He's not fluent I'm sure, but this kid's grasp of 13 languages is amazing. picked by ogri2003 12 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Throughout the world, and dating back to antiquity, deaf people have communicated using their hands and faces. Signed languages are still often regarded as inferior to speech and are perceived as relying on mimicry or pantomime. Most linguists now accept that sign languages have all of the grammatical and expressive sophistication of oral languages. Not all linguists have seen the light, though. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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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 9 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
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Some people with locked-in-syndrome can communicate by blinking or moving their eyes. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
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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 2 weeks ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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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 10 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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maybe its not dead, it says some people still speak it. in my opinion it's an unborn language 0 comments edit related share world*it was intended as a world language, FAIL* picked by picklebob12 5 months ago |
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If we ever make contact with intelligent aliens, we should be able to build a universal translator to communicate with them, according to a linguist and anthropologist in the US. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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English language is quite large, but there are somethings that English just doesn't have a word for, such as someone who is excited by eating garlic, or how about the act of taking lice from a person's head and squashing it between one's teeth. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThese and other words are in a new book, Toujours Tingo picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago |
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Plants chatter amongst themselves to spread information, a lot like humans and other animals, new research suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Mango is offering free language courses on French, German, Italian, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and even Pig Latin 9 comments edit related share plime.comSpanish and Polish speakers can learn English picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago |