For 140 years, scientists' understanding of language comprehension in the brain came from individuals with stroke. But now they have redrawn that brain map based on new research with individuals who ...

If you want to pick up a new language in a short amount of time, you may want to start with Portuguese instead of Korean. According to the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), a native English speaker ...

Did you know that New York City residents collectively speak at least 637 languages and dialects? A recent impressive map from the non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, first reported by Gothamist, ...

Maps of the world are typically written with the language of the viewer in mind. But the zoomable Endonym Map takes a different approach, writing each country’s name in one of that country’s own ...

What do you call a carbonated beverage? What do you call athletic shoes? Even the names of familiar things vary depending on ...

New York City neighborhoods where the most common language spoken at home isn't English stand out on web developer and designer Jill Hubley's latest census map like islands: deep blue Spanish in ...