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Constitutional amendment would erase racially segregated ...

Constitutional amendment would erase racially segregated ... | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Constitutional amendment would erase racially segregated language from constitution. ... Constitutional amendment would erase racially segregated language from constitution. By: Aaron Hutchens | Alabama's 13.
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There’s a dialect of German spoken only in Texas!

There’s a dialect of German spoken only in Texas! | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Click here to read more... (RT @OMGFacts: There’s a dialect of GERMAN spoken only in TEXAS! How did it get there?
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'Serious' census data consistency problems blamed on long-form cancellation - National Post

'Serious' census data consistency problems blamed on long-form cancellation - National Post | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Globe and Mail'Serious' census data consistency problems blamed on long-form cancellationNational Post“Data users are advised to exercise caution when evaluating trends related to mother tongue and home language that compare 2011 census data to those...
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Art of language is never lost on a wordsmith - MassLive.com

Art of language is never lost on a wordsmith - MassLive.com | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Art of language is never lost on a wordsmithMassLive.comYou are talking about a real English language dweeb: me. A large vocabulary should be a source of pride.
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Fox, Bona to partner on Chinese-language films - Los Angeles Times

Fox, Bona to partner on Chinese-language films - Los Angeles Times | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Fox, Bona to partner on Chinese-language filmsLos Angeles TimesTwentieth Century Fox and Chinese movie producer-distributor Bona Film Group have signed an agreement to co-produce several Chinese-language films.
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Language laws must be sensible - Ottawa Citizen

Language laws must be sensible - Ottawa Citizen | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
CBC.caLanguage laws must be sensibleOttawa CitizenOttawa is not like the rest of the country when it comes to bilingualism, which is alive and doing pretty well in the national capital region.
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October 26, 2012 12:32 PM
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Luc Steels and Terje Lohndal: Can Machines Be Creative Enough To Invent Their Own Language? :: UiB

Luc Steels and Terje Lohndal: Can Machines Be Creative Enough To Invent Their Own Language? :: UiB | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Luc Steels and Terje Lohndal: Can Machines Be Creative Enough To Invent Their Own Language? (RT @NTNUHumanities: Kan maskiner lage sitt eget språk?
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China Blocks Web Access to Times After Article - New York Times

China Blocks Web Access to Times After Article - New York Times | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
China Blocks Web Access to Times After ArticleNew York TimesHONG KONG — The Chinese government swiftly blocked access Friday morning to the English-language and Chinese-language Web sites of The New York Times from computers in mainland China in response...
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Mantaphrase

Mantaphrase | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Mantaphrase is an interactive communication app that lets you converse in a foreign language.
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Charles Bernstein Selects His Poems

Charles Bernstein Selects His Poems | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
(Photo by Cecilia Gronberg) If poets are said to be “painters with words,” then Charles Bernstein would surely moonlight working in a custom frame shop. With samples lining the walls—from the gaudi...
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Supergirl speaks seven languages

Five-year-old Mabou Loiseau's parents spend $1,500 a week on tutors and lessons - and she spends seven hours a day in some type of instruction, with Sundays ... (The 5-year old girl knows 7 languages!
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Africa At The Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Submissions From The Continent - Burkina Faso

Africa At The Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film Submissions From The Continent - Burkina Faso | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
As was announced earlier a couple of weeks ago, by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, a record-setting 71 different countries submitted films for consideration to be nominees for next year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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Fox International and Bona Film Group Announce Chinese-Language Films Deal - ComingSoon.net

Fox International and Bona Film Group Announce Chinese-Language Films DealComingSoon.netFox International Productions (FIP), a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film, and Bona Film Group LTD., one of China's largest motion picture producers and distributors,...
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Alabama Education Association fighting Amendment 4 on racist language - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Alabama Education Association fighting Amendment 4 on racist language - Chattanooga Times Free Press | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Irish TimesAlabama Education Association fighting Amendment 4 on racist languageChattanooga Times Free PressThe Alabama Education Association is urging citizens to vote no on Amendment 4, which would remove language from Alabama's constitution...
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Can You Read This? Researchers Turn To Crowdsourcing To Decipher Mystery Language

Can You Read This? Researchers Turn To Crowdsourcing To Decipher Mystery Language | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Researchers at Oxford University hope new technology and crowdsourcing on the Internet will help them decipher the world's oldest writing system that still remains a mystery.
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Speed-Learning a New Language May Help Brain Grow: Study - U.S. News & World Report

Speed-Learning a New Language May Help Brain Grow: Study - U.S. News & World Report | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Speed-Learning a New Language May Help Brain Grow: StudyU.S.
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Opinion: Montreal's language affairs are not in a 'catastrophic' state - Montreal Gazette

Opinion: Montreal's language affairs are not in a 'catastrophic' state - Montreal Gazette | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Sun News NetworkOpinion: Montreal's language affairs are not in a 'catastrophic' stateMontreal GazetteMONTREAL – I have read with interest Marion Scott's Oct.
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Census: Canada's language landscape altering with increasing immigrants (with ... - Vancouver Sun (blog)

Census: Canada's language landscape altering with increasing immigrants (with ... - Vancouver Sun (blog) | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
CBC.caCensus: Canada's language landscape altering with increasing immigrants (with ...Vancouver Sun (blog)In Quebec, where the protection of the French language is a politically explosive issue that has prompted controversial policies by the...
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East-west language divide - euronews

East-west language divide - euronews | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
euronewsEast-west language divideeuronewsThe Ukrainian parliament this summer adopted a law to expand Russian language rights, but parts of the Luhansk region in the east of Ukraine refused to apply it.
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Stronger language laws unnecessary and counter-productive: Trudeau

Stronger language laws unnecessary and counter-productive: Trudeau | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Justin Trudeau has pressed one of the hottest issue buttons in Quebec, saying there's no need to toughen the province's language laws.During (RT @CJAD800: Stronger language laws unnecessary and counter-productive: Trudeau
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A Poll Worker's Guide to Language Assistance Voting Rights

A Poll Worker's Guide to Language Assistance Voting Rights | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
RT @civilrightsorg: A poll worker's guide to language assistance for voting rights http://t.co/byVg5dZo #yvote...
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Justin Trudeau bashes Quebec's language plan - CBC.ca

Justin Trudeau bashes Quebec's language plan - CBC.ca | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
CBC.caJustin Trudeau bashes Quebec's language planCBC.caJustin Trudeau has pressed one of the hottest issue buttons in Quebec, saying there's no need to toughen the province's language laws.
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Census 2011: Aboriginal languages in deep trouble - Toronto Star

Census 2011: Aboriginal languages in deep trouble - Toronto Star | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
Census 2011: Aboriginal languages in deep troubleToronto StarIn a way, the chattering half-dozen First Nations youngsters are learning their mother tongue for the first time — and the future of the once-mighty Mohawk language is hanging in the...
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Languages mingle in Canadian homes, cities | Metro

Languages mingle in Canadian homes, cities | Metro | The World of Indigenous Languages | Scoop.it
In all, 22 immigrant mother tongues were reported by more than 100,000 people: Punjabi led the list, followed by Chinese languages (not including Cantonese and Mandarin), Spanish and Italian. Language transmission from ...
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RK Narayan's Attitude Towards the English Language

For instance, Thiongo (1995) opines that the central position given to the study of the English language and literature in Africa emanates from the assumption of the cultural superiority of the West. This is why, he prescribes that the ...
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