Greek, the oldest written language still in use, has shaped culture, philosophy, and science for over 3,700 years.

In Cyprus, a language called Cypriot Maronite Arabic, or Sanna, faces extinction, with only 900 speakers remaining.

The 97-year-old Skordis is one of only 900 people in the world who speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic, or Sanna. Today, his ...

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.

But few families remained. Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two ...

In Mosul, where the Aramaic language—Jesus’ own mother tongue—once thrived, churches like the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation were bombed, their clergy abducted, and their ...

Mr Zaki had correctly spelled "Chaldee," a dialect of the Biblical Aramaic language, in the 20th round. But under spelling bee rules, Mr Zaki needed to land one more word in a solo round to claim ...

Dallas-area boy spells winning word without hesitation 'Eclaircissement,' synonym for enlightenment, decides contest Champion beats out eight other finalists after 21 rounds May 29 (Reuters ...