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Approximately one-third of Latvians speak Russian, but a recent vote revealed that 75 percent of Latvians are not in favor of granting Russian the status of official national language.
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For the Twitter-sceptic, it is quite sufficient that Kanye West can tweet his carpeting preference (Persian, adorned with a cherub pattern) in one language.
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Reports show that fewer Black people are speaking indigenous African languages than previously and ironically, the advent of democracy could be the death knell of African languages in South Africa.
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A new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that half of all modern languages may vanish by the year 2100. UNESCO says many languages are already considered to be endangered.
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Can you fathom the idea of a vagabond, make the transition to a multi-lingual bird guide - in the rarest of rare cases that happens - and that holds true for thirty-nine year old Shiva Mandre, who speaks an astonishing twenty-five languages.
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Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages says that the federal government needs to spend more and is moving to slowly on bilingualism.
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Craigslist, an online classified advertisement site, used to be available in English only and it later added Spanish. Now it has expanded to include other language support such as Italian, French, Portuguese and German.
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Ashleigh Allison doesn't want to learn Spanish. She would prefer French. No such luck, as any second language other than Spanish is not available. Are we forcing our kids to become bilingual, and allowing aliens the opportunity to not assimilate?
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If you thought there should be a law against some language usage/abusage, this is about as close as it gets. The American Dialect Society’s 18th annual vote has definitely picked a global, fully functional, form of abuse.
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Next year is going to be the 'International Year Of Languages', as proclaimed by the UN. The international body hopes to promote 'unity in diversity' as well as global understanding.
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Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?
 The Windsor Police Service is trying to improve communications with the public — in any language, including sign language.
Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe.
Technology aimed at translating sign language into text is being developed by Aberdeen scientists.
Hispanics and Republicans don't speak the same language
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Messages received through a hypnotic state may not seem valid - but there could be a connection with another aspect of the person's physical reality. Some people speak in 'tongues' when hypnotized. This is called Polyglot or Xenoglot. Message gleamed through past life regression therapy allow the individual - insight into a collective memory and greater understanding of their behavior in this time line.
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Empathy is comprised of two components: I. Cold Empathy: an intersubjective agreement as to the mental...
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NARM opens its 2012 Convention in Los Angeles. As a trade association that serves the music and entertainment content...
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Several local and international newspapers operate from Pakistan, updating the nation and the global community of...
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With over 150 queer-themed film and video festivals happening around the world, Canada boasts a diverse crop of its...
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The TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) global conferences, owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation,...
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