Nova Languages

A language agency providing translation, interpretation and other language-related services to organizations, institutions, and individuals.

[Nova Languages @novalanguages]

With fewer Native speakers than ever, Oklahoma’s tribes are fighting to save their #languages https://t.co/kvo1u8vbcV

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

For decades, neuroscientists have known that specific regions in the brain’s left hemisphere are responsible for processing language. However, a new study by MIT researchers shows that language processing also occurs in many other parts of the brain. https://t.co/8WEVz69r6z

[Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) @Focus_Taiwan]

Translators, scholars and publishers from across Europe gathered in Poland this week to discuss the challenges of bringing Taiwanese literature to international readers, according to the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Taipei.
https://t.co/EDmDH1wA5l

[TurkishArchaeoNews @turarchaeonews]

Researchers working at the ancient city of Side in Antalya have identified 31 letters in the Sidetic alphabet, offering new clues about a lost Anatolian language once spoken in the region more than 2,000 years ago.

https://t.co/ddRnglTGrS

[Engelsberg Ideas @EngelsbergIdeas]

For half a century, Edwin and Willa Muir's translations were how the Anglophone world read Kafka. A prize-winning study of his translators barely registers their contribution.

The forgotten Scots who gave Kafka his voice | @BoydTonkin

https://t.co/jyTn8d1niK

[Nova Languages @novalanguages]

America’s Most-Spoken Languages After English and Spanish https://t.co/SEfeq1MWQf via @VisualCap

[ScienceAlert @ScienceAlert]

A trio of factors were studied together for the first time.
https://t.co/0h7ireTwov

[Andrei @TheUntranslated]

Literature and translation in the age of artificial intelligence

https://t.co/h7MO1s13y5

[The Korea Herald 코리아헤럴드 @TheKoreaHerald]

Han Kang’s novel "The Vegetarian" has been named the readers’ favorite winner of the International Booker Prize in a 10th-anniversary poll by the Booker Prize Foundation.

https://t.co/mzePesEdLE

[The Debrief @Debriefmedia]

A "universal pattern" has been discovered in human languages, revealing "four surprising laws" that govern their evolution. https://t.co/bPlV5IN7Nk

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Less than 0.1% of the genome may have about 200 times more impact on language ability than other regions—and those regulatory DNA sequences were already present in Neanderthals. @uiowa @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/rnCImCz1Yq https://t.co/Ou9g1SHc6O

[New York Post @nypost]

Why Did the Transatlantic Accent Suddenly Vanish? Watch the FULL EPISODE NOW: https://t.co/16IG9Ksn5J

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

Can early intervention help non-speaking autistic children develop spoken language? New data says yes—for about 66% of kids. 🗣️

The surprise? Duration > Intensity.

Long-term consistency mattered more than total hours per week.

Full summary: https://t.co/5uEMR71Xrx

#Autism #SLP #SciComm #Neuroscience

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Writing implements: stylus, wooden writing tablet, ink wells, Roman, 1st century

[Cherokee Phoenix @CherokeePhoenix]

Cherokee is Dennis Sixkiller’s first spoken language, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that he learned to read and write it. 

https://t.co/xnA4zZWayZ

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Feature: "The Best Translated Japanese Fiction Books of 2025" in Tokyo_Weekender https://t.co/yQ64l9qUUB

[Open Access Tracking Project @[email protected] @oatp]

Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language--It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It's Now Free Online | Open Culture https://t.co/XnlOrYKlNX

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Harlequin’s French division is reportedly transitioning to AI-generated translation, according to a letter published by The French Literary Translators Association and the collective En Chair et en Os (In Flesh and Bone: For Human Translation) 👇

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

Japan aims to stop manga piracy with AI translation training program
https://t.co/MpElHbThEl

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Here's my conversation with Irving Finkel, a scholar of ancient languages and Mesopotamian history. He specializes in deciphering cuneiform tablets from Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian contexts. He became widely known for studying a tablet with a Mesopotamian flood story that predates the biblical Noah narrative.

We talk about ancient writing & language, controversial theories about ancient civilizations, Noah's Ark, flood myths, Göbekli Tepe, and much more.

It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment).

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - Origins of human language
7:04 - Cuneiform
14:17 - Controversial theory about Göbekli Tepe
25:29 - How to write and speak Cuneiform
30:48 - Primitive human language
32:31 - Development of writing systems
33:25 - Decipherment of Cuneiform
45:57 - Limits of language
50:56 - Art of translation
56:06 - Gods
1:01:31 - Ghosts
1:11:19 - Ancient flood stories
1:21:26 - Noah's Ark
1:32:49 - The Royal Game of Ur
1:45:48 - British Museum
1:53:13 - Evolution of human civilization