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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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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Iran utilizes the web to spread its message
The Iranian government has been taking steps to create its own versions of popular web platforms, with the latest effort – an Iranian equivalent to Youtube – recently being announced. …
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The Uzbeks of Uzbekistan
Uzbek speakers can mainly be found in Uzbekistan. Uzbek is a Turkic language with about 16.5 million speakers. It was declared the official language of Uzbekistan in October 1989, where …
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The Uyghur people of China
Uyghur is a Turkic language. It is spoken by about 10 million people. Most of its speakers can be found in China. Uyghur speakers can also be found in Afghanistan, …
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Urdu – The language of the army
The Technology Development for Indian Languages Program developed Urdu keyboards and fonts, which can be used on Android phones and computers with a windows based operating system. The organization claims …
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The language of Ukraine
Reverend Elwyn Phillips, a UK citizen vowed to leave Britain after his new Ukrainian wife, Lesya, was denied a UK visa. Leysa was denied a visa on language grounds, despite …
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The Udmurt language of Russia
The Udmurt Language Everyday program was started at the beginning of May 2013 and has managed to garner hundreds of followers. The program was started on a social network known …
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Udi – The oldest language in Dagestan
It is believed that the Udi language was the main language that was spoken in the region that stretched from Dagestan to Azerbaijan. Udi is a North-East Caucasian language. It …
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Ubykh – One of the hardest languages to learn
The Ubykh language died on 7 October 1992, when its last speaker, Tevfik Esenç, died in Turkey. Esenç was 88 years old. Ubykh was a North Caucasian language, that belonged …
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