A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

Twenty-six years ago, two brothers decided their native language needed a new alphabet. The scripts they’d been using to read and write their native Fulani, an African language spoken by at least 40 ...

The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

The number has not been consistent throughout its existence. Russians use an alphabet based on the Cyrillic script. The modern Russian alphabet has 33 letters: 21 consonants, ten vowels and two signs.

The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic script to the Latin-based style favoured by the West. What are the economics of such a change? The change, announced on a ...

It isn’t just languages that are endangered: dozens of alphabets around the world are at risk. And they could have even more to tell us. On his first two days of school, in a village above the ...