I stumbled on this gorgeous little infographic by way of an article on vox.com that is full of really cool visualizations of human language, which then lead me on to Minna Sundberg, who not only produced this bad-ass piece but who is also working on a pretty rad sounding independent comic. 

Take a minute to trace the roots of your grandmomma's native tongue (gross), then go have a look at Stand Still, Stay Silent.