How hypothetical are protolanguages?
How hypothetical are protolanguages? How did the Indo-Europeans spread? What does conversation look like in the brain? Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

How hypothetical are protolanguages? How did the Indo-Europeans spread? What does conversation look like in the brain? Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
When language evolved, how whistled languages work, and what alien languages might be like. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Bonobos challenge the uniqueness of human language, penguins learn etymology, and China adopts a new gender-neutral pronoun. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Where does the word “penguin” come from? French, Welsh, or Latin?