Learn Budukh and become one its 200 speakers
Budukh is a Lezgic-Samur language that is spoken in the villages of Buduq, Guney Buduq and Geli Deya in Quban region of Azerbaijan. It is also spoken in a few …
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Breton : The fight to save a language
“No spitting on the ground or speaking Breton.” This notice was displayed in most school playgrounds around France after World War 2. This was after Breton activists, suspected of having …
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Brazilian Veneto : Stigmatized but still going strong
In the 1940s, the Brazilian president, Getulio Vargas, came up with a nationalization campaign to try and force non-Portuguese speakers who lived in Brazil to integrate into the Brazilian culture. …
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Bonan : A Mongolian Language
If you want a well made knife, consider buying one from the Bonan people of China. The Bonan are renown for their sturdy and beautiful knives, with ox-horn handles. The …
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Basque: one of the oldest languages in Europe
Every year, 60 million Sterling pounds are spent to promote and develop the Basque language. This is following a study carried out by Europe’s Language technology experts who warned that …
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Bashkir: the third largest nationality in Russia
The Russian government put in place measures to help in the social development of the Bakshir language. Being the third largest nationality in Russia, behind Russian and Tartar, it was …
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The Bambara of Mali and their rich cultural tradition
If you are lost in Mali and ask for directions and someone tells you to turn to the left, they will be basically telling you to “Go in the direction …
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Traveling to Pakistan? Learn Balochi
Despite the fact that over 60% of the general population of Baloch speak Balochi, there is still no standard newspaper for the Balochi speaking public. Other newspapers written in other …
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Azeri – The lingua franca of the Azerbaijan’s
On 9th August 2001, President Heydar Aliyev issued a decree instituting a Day of the Azerbaijan Alphabet and Azerbaijan Language. This was to help in the preservation and propagation of …
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Aromanian – The language of Romance
Aromanian is popularly touted to be the Eastern romance language that is spoken in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia. However, not everybody agrees with the assertion that Aromanian …
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