Babel No54 (Spring 2026)

The languages of the pre-Roman West
Young Writers’ Competition winner Jonathan Lucas on how Latin took over as the civic language of the Empire
75 years of Ethnologue
Stephen Jones outlines the past, present and future of the guide to the languages of the world
Why are we so obsessed with people who sound ‘different’?
Victoria Beatrix Fendel looks at Aristophanic comedy and the case of Gerald from Clarkson’s Farm
Breaking bread with the President
Christoph Schubert looks at politeness in American state dinner speeches

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