President Donald Trump has declared English as the official language of the United States, signing an executive order on March 1 that simultaneously rolled back language assistance for non-English spe ...

Did early humans have rules for how words could be strung together? What impact did this have on their brains and behaviour?

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

The Irish language, also known as Gaelic or Gaelige, is a Celtic language that has a rich and fascinating history. The origins of the Irish language can be traced back to the 4th century AD ...

About 68 million Americans speak a language other than English at home. The vast majority, 241 million, speak English and no other languages.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S., the first time in American history such a designation has been made.

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order making English the official language of the United States, two White ...

The U.S. has never embraced multilingualism. History is rife with campaigns to suppress “foreign” and Indigenous languages. But as these examples show, the U.S. has often taken a policy ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

The U.S. has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history.