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Babel infographic: Ethnologue's classification of languages

In the brand new Babel, Stephen Jones explains how the Ethnologue database classifies the languages of the world

Babel article: Ethnologue

In the brand new Babel - learn all about Ethnologue's journey from a database of 46 languages to 7,613 languages

Babel No54: Spring 2026

Babel's Spring issue - Ethnologue, presidents' speeches, people who sound 'different', and much more...

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Babel No54: Spring 2026

Babel's Spring issue - Ethnologue, presidents' speeches, people who sound 'different', and much more...

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The complete and utter history of English: 43CE to 500CE

Back in Babel No39, our complete and utter history of English begins with raucous Romans, pesky Picts and shrewd Scots

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The word hoard: Blendings

Brunch, jeggings and cybrarians - in The Word Hoard, Simon Horobin looks at blendings

Languages of the world: Gascon

Coming up in Babel No54 - we take a look at Gascon

Babel poster: Ethnologue and the languages of the world

🌻 Coming up in Spring's new Babel... a look at Ethnologue's wealth of information on the languages of the world

Poster: Conversational implicature 1

Poster: Conversational implicature 2

What, exactly, do you mean? In Babel No18, Becky Brooks and Elspeth Wilson look at how speakers IMPLY and hearers INFER

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Poster: Endangered alphabets

Back in Babel No37, Tim Brookes looks at the human rights crisis of endangered alphabets

A Clash of Symbols: [o] joy!

[o] joy! In the latest A Clash of Symbols, @domwatt.bsky.social takes a look at The Wonderful O

Linguistic Horizons: Sociolinguistics & underrepresented areas

In the current Babel - @joshtpm.bsky.social on his sociolinguistic research

"When I started to become interested in the academic side of linguistics, I realised there were many interesting quirks in the ways that people in Salisbury/Wiltshire speak, but that nobody was writing papers about this"

Kill the Joke: An example of Estonian humour

In the current Babel, @alicehaines.bsky.social looks at a joke thought to represent Estonia...

Languages of the world: Trinidadian English Creole

In the current Babel, Janine Lutchman and Avah Atherton look at the origins of their creole language

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The word hoard: Fruity language

🍓 In Babel No53, Simon Horobin looks at the etymology of fruits

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Babel's Christmas syntax tree

🎄 Time to dust off the old Christmas syntax tree...

Language games: Breviated British brands

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Babel No53: Out now!

📯 Babel No53 is online now! Trinidadian English Creole, Estonian humour, the roots of fruits, and much more

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Giving voice a voice: The voice of Taylor Swift

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