BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Much research addresses how and why many of the earth's thousands of languages are disappearing. The question still arises, however, as to why it should matter to the rest of us if, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 32 (August 9, 2022), pp. 1-9 (9 pages) The Bantu expansion transformed the linguistic, economic, and ...

“To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world,” reads an old Cantonese adage. Connie (@ShonaGirl_), a young Zimbabwean fundraiser for non-profit organisations and ...

In many languages across the world, speakers use intonation to focus on relevant information: ‘Father cooked the sauce’. Speakers may also use a specific sentence structure to mark focus: ‘It was ...

Kampala — A new research has revealed that there are a striking number of similarities between Arabic and several Bantu languages. The research carried out by Mr Dennis Asiimwe, who describes himself ...

The expansion of the Bantu-speaking people (EBSP) during the past 3000–5000 years is an event of great importance in the history of humanity. Anthropology, archaeology, linguistics and, in recent ...

The 6th International Conference on Bantu Languages (BANTU 6) will be held at the University of Helsinki in Finland on 20 – 22 June 2016 (Monday – Wednesday , followed by half-day workshops on the ...

Everton’s Yannick Bolasie, left, celebrates scoring his side’s first goal of the game with team-mate Romelu Lukaku during the English Premier League soccer match at Turf Moor, Burnley, England, ...