Six Degrees of Separation
According to the theory of the six degrees of separation, proposed in 1930 by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy, any person is connected to another
November 1, 2013
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Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu?
To provide but the briefest of accounts of this language, the first thing we could say is that you may find material on the language
October 14, 2012
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What Is the Dzongkha Language?
Dzongkha, or Ngalopkha as it is occasionally known, is the official language of Bhutan. Bhutan is a small landlocked country on the continent of Asia.
March 19, 2012
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Telugu: Another Language of India
We have already written brief posts on some of the many languages of India, and today I will add another: Telugu This is another language
March 1, 2012
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Where Is Gujarati Spoken?
Its origins Gujarati belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family, which is a branch of the greater Indo-European family. It receives its name from the Indian
December 12, 2011
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India, the Country with More Than 2,000 Dialects
Did you know that in India there are over 400 languages and an estimated 2,000 dialects? What must it be like to live in a
October 18, 2011
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Where Nepali Is Spoken
We have written a few posts on introducing, slowly, the world of Indo-Aryan or Indic languages (a subset of languages belonging to the group of
October 13, 2011
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Another Indo-Aryan Language: Bengali
Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language, and it emerged in India, during the first millennium. Its alphabet comes from the Brahmi alphabet, which is used for
September 2, 2011
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And in India…
More than a billion people speak Hindi in the world, as it is one of the official languages of India, one of the most populated
January 14, 2011
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The Punjabi Language
It belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of languages of the Indo-European family, which we spoke of HERE. It is mainly spoken in the Punjab region
December 18, 2009
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The Persian Language
It belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, which we spoke about HERE. More than 60 million people are native speakers of
December 3, 2009
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The Pashto Language
Spoken by the Khan’s or Pashtuns (inhabiting Afghanistan and the west of Pakistan) as well as by groups in India, it is one of the
November 13, 2009
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