The last native speaker of Caddo dies at age 95
Also this week: The long-lost Chinese typewriter that changed modern computing, plus why AI doesn’t work in bars. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.

Also this week: The long-lost Chinese typewriter that changed modern computing, plus why AI doesn’t work in bars. Here’s what happened this week in language and linguistics.
Also this week: Jane Goodall dies at 91 + Merriam-Webster adds 5,000 words to the dictionary
A new book takes us on a linguistic odyssey through the history of the alphabet
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