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AI-Favored Words Increase in Human Speech, Researchers Report

Released on arXiv without peer review, the research highlights AI’s expanding influence on human vocabulary.

Gen Alpha’s Slang Outsmarts AI and Adults, Exposing Young Users to Risk

Amit Shah Launches Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag to Promote Indian Languages

Susie Dent declares ‘mischievious’ pronunciation acceptable

Australians Rank Third in Online Swearing, Study Finds

Semicolon Usage Declines by Nearly Half in English Writing Over Two Decades

Catalonia Signs National Pact to Revitalize Catalan Language

Chimpanzees Demonstrate Complex Call Combinations Resembling Human Syntax

NCERT's Hindi Titles for English Textbooks Face Intensified Pushback

Bonobo Communication Shows Complex Language-Like Structures

Oxford English Dictionary Adds 42 New Words, Highlighting Global Linguistic Diversity

Study Reveals Human Language Capacity Emerged 135,000 Years Ago

March 18 Connections Puzzle Challenges Players With Plural and Language Themes

Trump Declares English the Official Language of the United States

NYT’s Connections Puzzle Offers Challenging Word Themes This Week

Studies Identify Caucasus-Lower Volga People as Proto-Indo-European Ancestors

Roland Kaiser Advocates for Respect and Language Evolution

Whale Songs Found to Follow Human Language Laws

World’s Oldest Rune Stone Unearthed in Norway Offers Clues to Early Germanic Writing

Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-Winning Play 'English' Makes Its Broadway Debut