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Потеклото на индоевропските јазици
Францускиот звучи романтично, германскиот е агресивен, италијанскиот страствено – навистина се идентификуваме со јазиците. Нашиот мајчин јазик е дел од нашата култура, нашето детство, нашите обичаи. Јазикот го обликува нашиот идентитет, влијае на нашиот начин на размислување. Создава заедница и чувство на припадност. Дури и во рамките на истиот јазик, дијалектите и сленгот го откриваат…
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The Origins of the Indo-European languages
French sounds romantic, German aggressive, Italian passionate – we associate a lot with languages. Our mother tongue is part of our culture, our childhood and our customs. Language shapes our identity, it influences our way of thinking. It creates community and a sense of belonging. Even within the same language, dialects and slang reveal your…
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Learning by listening – How we “accidentally” learn languages
When I used to work in a shelter for underage refugees, literally somewhere in the central-German countryside, I made a pretty enlightening observation. The youngsters I was working with were all teenagers from countries like Afghanistan, Syria, and various African countries, that arrived in Germany during the events of 2015. Of course, one of their…
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A language – what is that?
Why Dutch is just weird German and everybody in the Balkan speaks five languages. But really it is about language and how, and if, it is different from a dialect. That‘s easy, isn‘t it? It is what people use to communicate with each other. And different nations have different languages, easy! Well, but consider Bosnian…
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Zëra të humbur? Vdekja e gjuhëve dhe rëndësia e tyre.
Mendoni sikur jeni në një shfaqje kuizi dhe dikush ju kërkon të emërtoni përnjëherë 5 gjuhë. Cilat do të ishin ato? Me shumë gjasa gjuha juaj amtare dhe disa gjuhë të tjera që janë tepër të populluara, si: anglishtja, spanjishtja, frëngjishtja apo kinezishtja. Por a e njihni gjuhën lakote, piraha, ainu, guarani apo luksemburgishten? Jo?…
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Lost Voices? The death of languages and why it matters.
Imagine you are in a quiz show and someone asks you to quickly name 5 languages. What would you come up? Probably your mothertongue and some of the big and popular languages. English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese. But do you know Lakota, Pirahã, Ainu, Guarani or Luxembourgish? No? Surprise, there are about 6000 languages in…
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