A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and preserve their mother tongue from extinction.

Hundreds of thousands have been displaced since Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah.

For decades, language barriers have hindered researchers' ability to assess child-caregiver relationships in refugee ...

I’d like to think my mother tongue is something embedded within my genes, something innate, inevitable and instinctual.