Language is always evolving.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 19—My son was born in California but is learning to speak in Western North Carolina, which is why he says "durt" instead of ...

The order is expected to be largely symbolic but would be a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has long had ties to efforts to reduce immigration and restrict bilingual education. By ...

Vowels and diphthongs are examples of different linguistic elements that we use daily, whether we realize it. Other elements you might have heard of could include digraphs, monographs, or phonemes.

Let’s dig deep and find out why certain names simply fall out of fashion. When you hear names like Gladys or Herbert or Doris, you probably automatically think of old people, but why is that?

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We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them. In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We ...

1. English used by Korean speakers. People often ask what language I speak at home. Being bilingual, I used to say that I speak English with my sisters and Korean with my parents. The truth is that ...