­­In 1980, journalists announced the 'discovery' of a ‘lost tribe’ on the island of Bohol, Philippines. Speculation about the origins of the group, known as the Eskaya, began almost immediately, with ...

LAST year, around New Year’s Day, I drew up a language and linguistics agenda for the Philippines for 2025. I thought of making it a tradition in my column, and so I write one for this year again. But ...

Mr. Stavans is a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. He is the author, most recently, of “The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language.” Spanish speakers across the Caribbean ...