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What is the most spoken language in the world? These are the 10 most common dialects
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLanguage forms the backbone of communal existence. It doesn't take long to discover this if you've...
Is sign language universal? British version to be offered as a GCSE subject
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 5 months agoUK school pupils will soon have a chance to study British Sign Language (BSL) when it becomes a GCSE...
Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on 'Rosetta Stone'-like tablets
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe tablets were found in Iraq about 30 years ago. Scholars started studying them in 2016 and...
Montreal's English CEGEPs are about to lose lion's share of foreign-language students and teachers...
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMontreal's English CEGEPs are on the cusp of downsizing their language departments and significantly...
Was Cleopatra Black? A New Netflix Series Is Reviving an Old Controversy
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAdele James in Queen Cleopatra. Credit - Courtesy of Netflix The monumental legacy of Cleopatra,...
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCreating the alphabet took thousands of years. kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Curious Kids...
How to Choose the Perfect Grandpa Name
Parents via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDeciding what your grandchildren will call you is a big task. Here are 111 options. Parents Fact checked by Elizabeth Brownfield If you've just learned...
If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIs ‘Iliad’ a difficult read? What is the main story of ‘The Iliad’? What is ‘The Iliad’? How long is...
18 Weird Facts About the Olympics Through the Years
Country Living via Yahoo News· 3 months ago18 Weird Olympics Facts Through the YearsDavid Madison - Getty Images The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are only a few months away, but the Olympics have...
‘The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself’ Review: Dialogues for Democracy
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF In Plato’s “Gorgias” (ca. 380 B.C.), Callicles, a young Sophist, predicts that if Socrates...