Languages are windows into the worlds of the people who speak them—reflecting what they value and experience daily.

But our results suggest the Inuit snow vocabulary is indeed exceptional. Out of 616 languages, the language with the top ...

We compiled a digital dataset of 1574 bilingual dictionaries that translate between English and 616 different ... testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow.

We compiled a digital dataset of 1574 bilingual dictionaries that translate between English and 616 different ... testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow.

Such pronunciation overlap, particularly after sound changes deleting final vowels on words became widespread, created ...

Have you ever wondered why English spelling often seems to defy logic — like why choir and liar rhyme, but laughter and ...

You might feel silly saying it, but croissant is not pronounced "KROY-sant," "cross-ANT," or "KRUH-sant" it's pronounced ...

An education overhaul comes after parents found school reports to be quite vague, jargon-filled and overly cautious.