The University of Southern California’s April announcement of its plans to close its German department has sparked a discussion within American higher education about the future role of the ...

As part of a special issue on European identities, Ned Thomas reviews the status of “minority languages” in Europe. Mr. Thomas, who directs a program at the University of Wales that supports research ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Proto-Indo-European is the ancestral tongue of 400 languages and dialects, including English, German, Italian, Greek, and Hindi. It appeared in historic records dating back 3,700 years, but ...

Photo of Remontnoye (3766–3637 calBCE), with a spiral temple ring. Credit: Natalia Shishlina (co-author of "The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans") Photo of Remontnoye (3766–3637 calBCE), with a ...

Knowing at least one of the 6 Most Widely Spoken Languages In Europe can be really helpful if you’re planning to pack your things and go on vacation or planning to work in the Old continent. Europe is ...

Almost half of all people in the world today speak an Indo-European language, one whose origins go back thousands of years to a single mother tongue. Languages as different as English, Russian, ...

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the Indo-European family of 400-plus languages, spoken today by more than 40% of the ...

A mysterious group of humans from the east stormed western Europe 4,500 years ago — bringing with them technologies such as the wheel, as well as a language that is the forebear of many modern tongues ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The origin of Indo-European languages has long been a topic of debate among scholars and scientists. In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of ...

More than 20 European languages face digital extinction because of a lack of technological support, a study by Europe's leading language technology experts has found. More than 20 European languages ...