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Answering the Unanswered Linguistics Question on the Film 'Arrival'
Since you're here... ... we have a small favour to ask. This post took a lot of time and effort to research, so if you appreciate my...
Rare Languages Uncovered in Ancient Monastic Library
Nestled at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is the remarkable Saint Catherine's Monastery, home to one of the world's oldest continuously...
The Etymology of "Buddha"
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) reconstructed root for "to be awake" "to be aware". Remove the 'e' to form the zero-grade of the verbal root....
Jespersen's Cycle
Jespersen's Cycle describes the pattern of sentence negation in a variety of languages. The cycle has three stages: 1) A pre-verbal...
Ye Olde Letter "Þ"
The reason why you're pronouncing "Ye Olde" wrong... Old English wasn’t written in the Latin alphabet, instead it was written in the...
The Origins of Writing: Part One
Part One: 1) Fundamental Concepts 2) Sumerian & Egyptian Theories and Myths on the Origin of Writing Fundamental Concepts When dealing...
From Cowry to Crypto: A (Very) Brief History of Money
We spend it every day without giving it a second thought... But what exactly is money? Before money was invented, our ancestors had to...
Did Palaeolithic Cannibals Make Symbolic Markings?
A compelling new study suggests that the cannibalism at Gough's Cave (Somerset, England) had a ritual element rather than just being for...
Silbo: The Whistled Speech of the Canary Islands
The island of La Gomera, part of the Canary Islands, is home to one of Europe's handful of whistled languages. Silbo Gomero, which means...
Humans Reached Australia 18,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Our species, Homo Sapiens, may have arrived in Australia as early as 65,000 years ago; some 18,000 years sooner than previously thought....
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