Apr 20, 2024
What determines value? Does every language already have “value,” or must a language acquire something in particular to be deemed valuable? Professor Elaine posed…
Apr 19, 2024
I say ‘readily able’ because I did not have to put in much effort. I am not special. I just happen to be bornt…
Apr 19, 2024
The languages of the world differ from each other in how difficult they are to learn, some simply can be learned easily, while others…
Apr 18, 2024
The Afroasiatic (also known as Afrasan or Afrasian) are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic subregions…
Apr 18, 2024
Urdu is derived from the Turkish word ‘Ordu’ meaning army or a military camp. There are numerous facts and figures scattered all over, but according to…
Apr 18, 2024
Hindi is a very old language with a straight line of descent from Sanskrit. As such, it is a part of one of the…
Apr 18, 2024
India has 22 official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi,…
Apr 16, 2024
Topic: The Changing Dynamics of World Englishes: Metamorphosis of Linguistic Mongerialization into the Global ‘Lingua Franca’ Introduction In our increasingly small global community, the…
Apr 16, 2024
My journey to learn English language started when I was 15 years old, I started to listen to pop music, watch some English movies (with…
Apr 15, 2024
An Arabic professor of mine at Berkeley, who was famous for his offbeat sense of humor and extensive knowledge of languages like Aramaic, Sumerian and Ugaritic, loved to…
Apr 15, 2024
Cast your mind back to all the years of existence you have had on Earth — when was the inaugural instance where The Thousand…
Apr 15, 2024
The Arab world, a region rich in history, culture, and diversity, spans across two continents and comprises 22 countries. These nations share a common…