Where in the world is a pin a pen and tin means ten? Ohio, that's where. Well, southern and southeastern Ohio, anyway. Residents of those areas speak something called south, one of three distinct Ohio ...

EVEN as the country works towards developed-nation status, it must not lose sight of its unique multicultural heritage, warn experts.

Financial support for the Dialect and Heritage Project has come from National Lottery Heritage Fund (£530,500), the University of Leeds’ Footsteps Fund and alumni donations (£110,000), and partner ...

In a busy Chinatown, a foreigner begins switching between four Chinese dialects. Each change triggers surprise and disbelief.

Like humans, parrots have distinct vocal dialects and, like humans, they learn those dialects from their family and friends, so those dialects change when they relocate to a new area. Yellow-naped ...

American English dialects and pronunciation have been a point of interest from coast to coast among linguists for years. In 1999, the Harvard Dialect Survey, a research project conducted by Professor ...

On his recent track “Stupid Foreigners,” rapper Cai Zhenhong — better known as “Xie Di” or “Fat Shady” — rails against arrogant and entitled expatriates living in his homeland. Although it drew ...

Europe is unusual because it isn’t home to any native parrot species. But despite this, there is a rather large and diverse crowd of parrot species that have established naturalised populations after ...

New media such as smartphone apps are preserving China's local vernaculars, which are otherwise falling into disuse among the younger generation Computer codes are deciphering a lifeline for China's ...