There was once a linguistic landscape of incredible diversity in North America. While the continent of Europe has three main language families — Romance, Germanic, and Slavic — Native American ...

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 ...

In 1974, Michael Krauss published a map of the traditional territories of Alaska's indigenous languages and peoples. It wasn't the first of its kind, but it was far and away the most accurate, based ...

I grew up “warshing” clothes and confidently reciting the capital of the United States as “Warshington, D.C.” Only later did I realize that many people simply “wash,” and that carbonated drinks might ...

An interactive map showing place names in Scots has been launched as part of a drive to raise awareness about the language. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

We've seen how language distribution data across England and Wales from the 2011 Census implies a cosmopolitan mixture of residents but by plotting the most frequent main language spoken (excluding ...