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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 ...

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 Columbus has grown, so has the diversity of languages and those speaking them in Ohio's capital city. While Spanish is still the most spoken language besides English, Columbus has seen an uptick in ...

Spanish may be the most spoken language at home behind English, except in three U.S. states, but the second most-popular, non-English languages used in each state show off the diversity of the United ...

* Identified languages spoken at home are based on self-reports. Names used are as reported by IPUMS and may not necessarily reflect recognized language names. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of ...

Syntactic properties such as word orders are a major factor determining the difficulty of a sentence. In SO-type languages where the subject (S) precedes the object (O) in canonical word order, there ...

Cells producing the NOVA1 protein are shown in green in the brain of a mouse. A specific variant of this protein is unique to humans, and researchers suggest it is linked to spoken language ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi is a beautiful, diverse place with people from all over the world. We speak many languages, and this diversity reflects the cultural richness of the state. Officially, ...

A new study links a particular gene and a protein variant found only in humans to the origins of spoken language. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to replace the NOVA1 protein found in mice with ...

UT Austin researchers have improved their AI-powered brain decoder, allowing it to translate thoughts into continuous text with just one hour of training—far less than the original 16-hour process.