Today, people speak or sign around 7,500 languages. Yet this figure provides only a snapshot of a constantly changing history. How many languages existed before written records? Did agriculture reduce ...
A few millennia ago, people worldwide may have spoken or signed up to 10 times as many languages as they do today.
During a lost ‘golden age’ of language, humans may have spoken tens of thousands of different tongues, a new study suggests ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address on July 28, 2025 at the House of Representatives. (Screengrab from RTVM Malacañang) MANILA, Philippines — ...