Languages

More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice.

You say Groundhog Day, I say Grundsaudaag: how German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania created a new language – and a much-loved American holiday.

Up to 50% of twins develop their own communication pattern with one another. Most lose it over time, but for the Youlden twins it has become a normal way of communicating.

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history.

How do you help children become fluent in two or more languages, even if you don't speak other languages yourself?

North Sami, a language spoken in the Arctic, has more than 300 words for snow and a special word for "frightened reindeer". Can it survive in a warmer world?

Isolated for six months one winter, a group of scientists changed how they spoke.