For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

Discover the 10 countries with the most spoken languages in the world, based on 2024 Ethnologue data, highlighting global ...

Spanish is at the second position on our list of the 30 most spoken languages in the world in 2050. Spanish is spoken as a first language by people in various countries, including Mexico, Colombia, ...

A new study links a particular gene and a protein variant found only in humans to the origins of spoken language. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to replace the NOVA1 protein found in mice with ...

As of 2025, the world is home to more than 7,000 spoken languages, reflecting the incredible diversity of human culture and communication. Yet despite this vast number, only a small fraction of these ...

English and Spanish are the most common languages spoken in the U.S. but where do the rest rank? Newsweek has mapped tongues from other motherlands, and German comes third. In total, 13 states speak ...

Were you aware that more than 425 million people speak Hindi as their first language, and about 120 million use it as a ...