Writing Systems #5 – Written vs. Spoken Language is weird, strange, wonderful, intricate, innovative, confusing, complex, and most of all, multi-layered. There are so many layers and factors that ...

What is the oldest language in the world? Well, it depends. Scholars debate how to determine when a language began: when it was written, or spoken?

Using a complex statistical model, the researchers accounted for differences associated with age, gender, type of linguistic judgment, performance accuracy and the method -- written or spoken ...

Spoken and Written Languages The Han people have their own spoken and written languages, namely Chinese. It is the most commonly used language in China, and one of the most commonly used languages ...

Study suggests different written languages are equally efficient at conveying meaning Date: February 1, 2016 Source: University of Southampton Summary: A study has found there is no difference in ...

The research team looked at a database of 700 written languages from across the globe. They excluded languages spoken by more than 5 million people, like English and Mandarin Chinese, because the ...