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Language connects humans and its shapes how we connect, trade, and share ideas across borders. In 2025, over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, yet just a handful dominate global communication.

Understanding the interplay between speech rate and perception is fundamental to unraveling how listeners decode continuous spoken language. Variations in speech tempo not only influence the ...

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Did you know the UK is a treasure trove of languages? While English leads the way (of course), this small island is a global linguistic hotspot, brimming with voices from every corner of the world.

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While working at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., the late cognitive neuroscientist Ursula Bellugi discovered that, much like spoken language, sign language was made up ...

Over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide. In 2025, over 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, yet just a handful dominate global communication. These top languages aren’t only defined by their native ...

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...

What’s fascinating in 2025 is how migration, technology, and pop culture change language spread. Technology is also creating digital dialects and internet slang, with millions blending languages or ...