The Old Gutnish language of the Swedish
Old Gutnish was spoken in the Island of Gotland (the current Sweden). It is an Old Norse dialect. It was spoken by the vikings who lived there during the medieval …
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The Old English language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons
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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Ojibwe – The language without loan words
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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The Oirat language of Mongolia
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 Occitan Romance language
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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The development of the Norwegian language
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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The Turkic Nogai language of Russia
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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The Nganasans of Russia
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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The Nepali language of Nepal
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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The Nenets of Russia and Siberia
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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