Greek – One of the most difficult languages to learn
The Greek language was included as one of the 11 languages in the Australian National Curriculum in 2011. This meant that Greek is now among the languages taught in Australian …
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Teaching parrots the language of humans
An Amazon parrot amused people in the UK due to its ability to speak multiple languages. The parrot could speak Urdu, Arabic and English. The parrot could be heard shouting …
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Arabic – The beautifully dotted language
Did you know that you already know some Arabic words? If you speak Spanish, Italian or English you must know some words which have been borrowed from Arabic such as …
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French – The romance language spoken by millions of people
The government of Nigeria passed a legislation that will see French made a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools. The idea behind this move was so that Nigerian citizens …
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Have you heard about SMS language?
The invention of messaging services through mobile phones led to the development of SMS language. There are no set rules on how SMS language should be used. Words tend to …
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Turkish – The Turkic language of the Turks
Over 50,000 people have learned the Turkish language abroad, through the Yunus Emre Institute. The institute was founded in 2009 and has a presence in 33 countries around the world. …
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Interview with Andrea and Lola
Andrea is an English and Spanish teacher and a freelance translator, originally from Argentina but now living in France. Lola is from Ecuador and she is an English-Spanish translator. Both …
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Spanish – The 4th most popular language in the world
An NYPD officer was reprimanded for speaking Spanish while on duty. Jessenia Guzman gave a one sentence reply in Spanish to her colleague, while in the office. She was later …
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Languages developed for TV programs and movies
Klingon is one of the most famous fake TV languages. Klingon was used in Star Trek and it went on to become widely known to the extent that it even …
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Is a Yiddish revival on the cards?
Yiddish is a language which holds great importance to many in the older generations, but it has fallen out of favour in the previous few decades. Now, however, a resurgence …
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