Languages of the Philippines

The Many Historical Twists and Turns of Spanish

The World in Words

A conversation with writer Julie Barlow. Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau are co-authors of "The Story of Spanish," their follow-up to "The Story of French." Though linguistically similar to French, Spanish has evolved with more freedom and variation, and is now far more widely spoken than French.

Hinglish: A Case of Reverse Colonization?

The World in Words
The World

Pharaohs, Cantonese and the Gang of Four

The World in Words
The World

Cantonese: a Dialect in Peril?

Arts, Culture & Media