Arabic is spoken by more than 400 million people. Can you recognise these Arabic words that made their way into English?

Ahhh, Arabic! The dazzling gem of the Arab world has been captivating linguists and language lovers for centuries. With today ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

The US State Department's decision to ditch the sans-serif Calibri and return to the serif Times New Roman for official ...

FYI, the three HuffPosters here are wearing the men's version of the sweater. According to editorial director Kristen Aiken (center) who owns both the men's and women's versions, the men's fabrication ...

Instead of asking users to change the way they type, the keyboard mirrors the layout “Arabizi” users already know ...

The FA9LA isn't a typo or a catchy title. The 9 replaces an Arabic letter for a strong "s" sound, a trend from Arabizi, the ...

To improve contact with British colonists, the Cherokee Sequoyah developed his own tribal script with 85 characters.

Have you ever wondered how some languages work without an alphabet? While most of us read using letters like A to Z, Chinese and Japanese follow a completely different system. Instead of spelling ...

The oldest known Arabic writing found in Saudi Arabia, from ca. 470 AD belong to a Christian context and predates the advent of Islam with 150 years. In December 2015, researchers from a French-Saudi ...

A-B-C-D-E-F-G ... This famous sequence of letters known to much of the world dates back to the 16th century BC. A fairly small group of traders and merchants known as ...