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Babies may start to learn language before they are born

Newborn babies respond differently to their mother tongue, suggesting that exposure to language in the uterus may provide the foundations for learning

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C8XMYW Western Highland Sing sing group performing at the Mt Hagen Show Papua New Guinea

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A Myriad of Tongues review: How language may shape our world view

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GPT-4 gave advice on planning terrorist attacks when asked in Zulu

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Brain activity in speech production shown on a coloured functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRIf) scan

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The entire brain may be involved in language, not just a few regions

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Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle every day

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Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it

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Gesture is a uniquely powerful tool. Here's how to make the most of it

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Origin of Indo-European languages traced back to 8000 years ago

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Origin of Indo-European languages traced back to 8000 years ago

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Dolphins 'talk' to their young in a higher pitch, just like humans do

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You can learn foreign words as you sleep but it won't make you fluent

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Women and children of the Chiman ethnic group participate in a protest march to Yucumo, September 16, 2011. The Amazonian ethnic groups which live in the Isiboro Secure territory, known by its Spanish acronym TIPNIS, are completing a 370 miles (595 km) march from Trinidad, in the northern Beni province, to La Paz to protest against a projected 185 mile (298 km) long highway that bisects the protected park in the Amazon forest, activists leading the march said. The protesters, who have a list of demands apart from their rejection of the highway project being financed by Brazil, are entering a rural region with strong sentiments for President Evo Morales, raising the possibility of confrontations on their way to La Paz. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E79H0SU101

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The unique, vanishing languages that hold secrets about how we think

Language isolates, like Chimané from Bolivia, are unrelated to any other known tongue. Studying them is revealing how languages evolve and influence our perception of the world around us

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Can we ever know who invented the wheel?

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The Power of Language review: What speaking many languages can do

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Physicist David Wolpert on how to study concepts beyond imagination

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Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

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