This cylinder could be inscribed with one of the world's oldest alphabets. (all photos by Glenn Schwartz, courtesy Johns Hopkins University) Alphabets might be 500 years older than previously believed ...

This verse adorns the walls of three schoolhouses in the region of southeastern Bangladesh known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Each was written by a Vermont author, translated into the indigenous ...

The world's alphabets are in danger of disappearing, says a researcher who has created an atlas to map our alphabets and bring attention to their plight. Nearly half the world’s languages will have ...