Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today and at least 3,000 of them, or 40 percent, are endangered. English is ...

Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing people to express ideas, emotions, imagination and much more. But even while speaking the same language, no two people sound exactly ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate or incomplete facts about the history of language. Language is an essential part of human communication, allowing ...