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The British Council held an English Effect exhibition to chronicle the development of the English language. Some of the words which had their origins exposed included the words ‘booze’ and …
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The Ojibwe language may disappear into extinction if no efforts are made to revive it. This has led to various strategies, which have been put in place to ensure that …
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Oirat is a Mongolic language spoken in the Russian federation. It is not yet totally clear whether Oirat is an independent language on its own or its a Mongolian dialect. …
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The first part of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables contains some bit of Occitan in it. Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914), who was a poet and great champion of the Occitan language won …
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Norwegian is a north Germanic language that is spoken by approximately 5 million people in Norway. Speakers of the language can also be found in the US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, …
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Nogai is a Turkic language that is spoken in the southwestern parts of Russia. Speakers can also be found in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. There are approximately 90,000 Nogai speakers. The …
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Nganasan is a language of the Nganasan people based in Russia. The 2004 population census showed that 500 out of the existing 834 Nganasans had a good command of the …
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Students in Toronto, Canada, are taking extra classes just so as to learn the Nepali language. The students normally meet every Tuesday evening close to Rose Avenue Junior Public School. …
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Nenets is a language that is spoken in the Russian federation. It is also spoken in the northwest part of Siberia. A total of 27,000 people speak this language. Nenets …
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Nauruan is one of the least known Micronesian languages. Nauruan is spoken in Nauru, which is one of the smallest republics in the world. Nauru is located in the South …
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