Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people. Can you recognise these Arabic words that made their way into English?

Stand-up comedian and digital creator Satish Ray recently shared a comic take on the Akshaye Khanna-starrer song from ...

Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning with TOI English Hack explains the real rule: it is not about letters, but ...

The way sperm whales communicate may be more similar to human language than previously thought. The acoustic properties of whale calls resemble vowels, a defining feature of human language, according ...

AS READERS OF “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” will know, humans are only the third-cleverest species on Earth. The first two places go to mice and dolphins. But perhaps Douglas Adams’s comic ...

Writing is more than letters; it is a reflection of culture, thought, and history. While alphabets like English or Devanagari map sounds to symbols, Chinese and Japanese systems rely on characters and ...

Thousands of Arabic books to go digital, boosting global access to literature With 400 million Arabic speakers: The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi is partnering with Amazon on a ...

en sing sy in ’n duisend stemme! (But from the womb of Africa / she comes, / from the mouths of slaves, Europeans, and indigenous peoples / she dances to the rhythm / of ancient drums / and handmade ...

Are you captivated by K-Pop, immersed in K-Dramas, or dreaming of a trip to South Korea? The very first and most crucial step to unlock the Korean language is to master its incredible writing system: ...

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