The intricacies of the Korean language
When the idea of Santa Claus was first introduced into Korea, there was a slight problem. One of the most popular phrases used by Santa Claus, “Ho! Ho! Ho!” is …
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Choosing the primary language of instruction in schools
At English Martyrs, a Birmingham primary school, pupils speak a total of 31 different languages. The dialects spoken range from Afrikaans to Arabic, Somali, Spanish and Tamil. Urdu is one …
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New version of Freelang dictionary program
We invite you to discover the new version of our dictionary program. The new features are: – Full Unicode support (which means the program can support many more languages including …
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The language of the Macedonians
Macedonian is a language that is spoken by 3 million people in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, the US, Albania, the UK and Serbia. It is also spoken in other countries where …
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Esperanto: A neutral international language
Is it possible for someone to come up with a language in order to unite various language speakers around the world? That is what Esperanto was intended to do. To …
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Languages in the Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope to resign from the Papacy since 1415. The pope announced that he would be resigning at the end of February 2013. This announcement …
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Endangered languages
There are currently 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. It has been predicted that half of these languages will disappear by the end of this century. Right now, one …
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Is English a threat to the Armenian Language?
Armenian millionaire, Ruben Vardanyan, proposed changing the law to allow English to be the primary language of instruction in Armenian schools. This is because he wanted to build a financial …
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Hebrew – The language of the angels
19 people from the Gaza community enrolled in the first Hebrew course ever taught at an Islamic University. The flagship University in Gaza is offering a diploma course in Hebrew. …
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The language of flowers – a complex love language
The language of flowers, otherwise known as floriography, was widely used by Victorians to express their feelings. Flowers and different floral arrangements were used to send coded messages that propriety …
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