All languages borrow words from neighboring languages, and if a language has great geographical spread, as English has, it ...

If you’ve tried Sanskrit, Arabic, or Chinese, for example ... This results in 46 distinct letters, almost double the number used in the English alphabet. The phonology of Japanese is mercifully quite ...

Scientists from the University of Sharjah believe they have created an artificial intelligence system that can automatically ...

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, which assigns a character ... Abdulhamid says Arabic speakers who learn English get tripped up on “p” sounds, which often come out like a “b.” ...

Cyclone Dana is forming in the East-Central Bay of Bengal and is expected to strengthen before making landfall near Puri on ...

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture ...

The Associated Press and German press agency dpa today announced they will launch an Arabic news wire comprising text stories ...

In the year since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the occupied West Bank has seen an increase in Israeli military raids and ...

BISHKEK -- The five countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) have overcome years of disagreements about letters and diacritical marks to agree on a common Latin alphabet for their ...

Many of these dictionaries and works on Urdu grammar used the word ‘Hindustani’ —with variant spellings, such as, ...

Arabic is a rich language with many regional ... University of Sharjah With a totally different alphabet than English, the language has numerous sounds that are specific to its phonology.