Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness".
The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?
Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.
Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.
Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles.
From Regency-era "fan flirting" to online dating, we decipher the timeless looks, signs and gifts that signal secret love.
Here are some of the words and phrases the BBC encountered this year that helped to unravel the changes taking place in world around us.
Up to 50% of twins develop their own communication pattern with one another. Most lose it over time, but for the Youlden twins it has become a normal way of communicating.
