Right before Latin emerged as the dominant language on the Italian peninsula and beyond, Etruscan was one of the major languages in the Mediterranean. …

Languages differ in what information can be conveyed through grammatical rules and what people in different speech communities talk about. While many languages use …

Bird names are an exceptionally good source for funny and descriptive nomenclature. They also have some of the most predictable etymologies around as they …

Everyone likes to talk about the origins of words. For linguists, this is a real boon since it gives us the opportunity to endlessly …