About Language World
Language World explores how humans communicate through speech, sign, and writing. It explains language families, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, writing systems, language change, multilingual communities, and the diversity of languages around the world.
Language Families
Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo, Austronesian, Afroasiatic, and more.
ExploreWriting Systems
Alphabets, abjads, syllabaries, logographic systems, and how writing records speech.
ExploreGrammar
Word order, nouns, verbs, tense, case, agreement, and how languages organize meaning.
ExploreWords & Vocabulary
Roots, prefixes, suffixes, borrowing, slang, dictionaries, and how vocabularies grow.
ExploreSounds & Pronunciation
Vowels, consonants, tone, stress, accents, phonetics, and the International Phonetic Alphabet.
ExploreSign Languages
ASL, BSL, visual grammar, facial expression, space, Deaf culture, and language rights.
ExploreLanguage Change
Sound shifts, new words, grammar change, dialects, borrowing, and language evolution.
ExploreLanguages Around the World
Global language diversity, multilingual societies, endangered languages, and language maps.
ExploreLanguage Facts
Surprising facts about speech, writing, dictionaries, bilingualism, sign language, and language change.
ExploreGames
Play and learn with educational games.
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