If you think English has tough spelling rules, wait until you meet Tibetan. In this video, we explore what may be the most ...

The Indian script or the Brahmi script is a unique form of script known as abugida. But what makes the script, discovered in Ashokan edicts in 250 BC, unique?

Journey through time to uncover the rich history of how ancient Chinese pronunciation was rediscovered. Chinese scholars have ...

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

The word 'baybayin' comes from the Tagalog word 'baybay' or to spell. It has 14 syllabic consonant characters and three vowel characters. (Chaira Plaga) Winnipegger Kat Daaca, also known as Baybayin ...

and it was difficult to write consonant clusters and consonants at the end of words (frequently encountered in Greek) because of the type of syllables encoded. So, writing the Cypriot Greek dialect in ...

Purpose (1) describe children’s orthographic performance in the record of fricative consonants in a position of simple syllabic attack; (2) verify the influence of the accent in errors occurrence; and ...

The speech signals, 11 Danish consonants embedded in Consonant + Vowel + Liquid syllables, were partitioned into 3/4-octave bands (“slits”) centered at 750 Hz, 1500 Hz, and 3000 Hz, and presented ...

This week's challenge: Think of a well-known seven-letter geographical name in a single word that has just two consonants and yet is pronounced in five syllables. If you know the answer to the ...

Some employ the passage of air in a way that is comparable to vowels, such as W or R. When vowels and consonants are joined, syllables are formed, which are the fundamental units of speech. Syllables, ...