Master the Korean alphabet (Hangul) with our comprehensive guide! Learn all consonants, vowels, and diphthongs with easy ...

Vancouver’s newest street name is set to be the city’s first officially named in an alphabet other than English: šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street. The new name, which comes from the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language of ...

It’s not pronounced /wuh/, like the whispering sound the letter brings to words like whale and wonder. W’s name isn’t tied to its sound at all—it’s a historical nod to its origins. So how did this ...

A Japanese government panel has made a draft recommendation to change the method for expressing Japanese words in the Roman alphabet, which has not been updated in about 70 years.

Romaji (ローマ字) means “Roman letters,” using the Latin alphabet to write Japanese sounds. It’s not a full writing system like ...

In Australia and countries that abide by Commonwealth English, such as the UK, India, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa, ‘zed’ has been widely accepted as the correct pronunciation.

But the question remains. How did the phrase ‘Kannad’ come into existence? According to a recent discussion with linguists in ...

A pronunciation guide for the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ names of some well-known Vancouver locations and landmarks, including the ...

George Bernard Shaw, a member of the Simplified Spelling Soesiety. The English language is notorious for complex spelling ...