Dutch scientist Leonie Cornips has become fascinated with how cows communicate. But can this really be called 'language'?

Sanjana Bhambhani's ancestors fled their homeland during India's Partition – and her family gradually lost their mother tongue. Can she now reclaim it?

You say Groundhog Day, I say Grundsaudaag: how German and Swiss settlers in Pennsylvania created a new language – and a much-loved American holiday.

Foras na Gaeilge says it has to make savings of more than €800,000 (£669,000), meaning funding cuts to some groups operating in NI.

There are more than 80 English-medium primary schools on the waiting list for Scoil Spreagtha.

People can join in community singing, games and learn about the Guernesiais language.

Sociolinguists say accent bias is prevalent in the UK and affects how people are perceived by classmates, colleagues and friends.

Here are some of the words and phrases the BBC encountered this year that helped to unravel the changes taking place in world around us.