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  • How researchers combined linguistics and archaeology to determine the age of Dravidian languages

    How researchers combined linguistics and archaeology to determine the age of Dravidian languages

    Michael Dunn, The Conversation Annemarie Verkerk, The Conversation
    · Apr 02, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • The family of Dravidian languages is 4,500 years old, finds new study

    The family of Dravidian languages is 4,500 years old, finds new study

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 22, 2018 · 01:21 pm
  • Between the lines: What Kazakhstan’s move from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin alphabet signifies

    Between the lines: What Kazakhstan’s move from Russian Cyrillic script to Latin alphabet signifies

    Andrew Linn, The Conversation
    · Nov 23, 2017 · 09:30 pm
  • The leading academy for French is up in arms against a movement to make the language less sexist

    The leading academy for French is up in arms against a movement to make the language less sexist

    Olivia Walsh, The Conversation Thomas Godard, The Conversation
    · Nov 17, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world’s languages name the rainbow

    Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world’s languages name the rainbow

    Claire Bowern, The Conversation
    · Nov 18, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Beware the bad big wolf: Why you need to put your adjectives in the right order

    Beware the bad big wolf: Why you need to put your adjectives in the right order

    Simon Horobin, The Conversation
    · Sep 08, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • Podcast: Several Indian languages face the risk of dying. Here's what we stand to lose

    Podcast: Several Indian languages face the risk of dying. Here's what we stand to lose

    Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian
    · Jul 28, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • The book of 'The BFG' movie reminds us that wordplay is part of learning and mastering language

    The book of 'The BFG' movie reminds us that wordplay is part of learning and mastering language

    Simon Horobin, The Conversation
    · Jul 28, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • How the Queen’s English has had to defer to Africa’s rich multilingualism

    How the Queen’s English has had to defer to Africa’s rich multilingualism

    Rajend Mesthrie, The Conversation
    · Jul 26, 2016 · 05:30 am
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