Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words—mm-hmm, um, huh ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role — and they say the evolution of this singular ability was key to our survival. A new study links a particular gene ...

The Dutch are not a people who countenance snobs ... But in Amsterdam, the country's wealthiest and most international ...

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A delegation of the Committee of Experts is visiting Armenia this week from 3-7 March 2025 to evaluate progress made in the protection and promotion of regional and minority languages. The delegation ...

Dutch companies’ use of natural language generation, generating written or spoken text, was even three times higher in 2024 than in 2023. The use of speech recognition increased from 3.7 percent in ...

In 2005, the average Dutch home sold for 231,000 euros. Twenty years later, the average price stands over 120 percent higher at 509,000 euros, Calcasa reported in a study conducted to mark its 20th ...

Kirkcaldy North Primary School is one of six in the UK to receive the honour in recognition of the work it has done to be a school where all languages spoken by the pupils are welcomed and valued.

People speak many languages, but English is the most spoken in the world. It is used in schools, business, and travel. Tap to read in detail.