Languages and the world

To learn a language is to be part of the world

Ossetians Ossetians are Indo European Orthodox Chistians who live in the Caucasus mountain region. Ossetians speak Ossetic of course which is an Indo-European language from the Iranian branch. Ossetic is related languages are the other Iranic languages like Kurdish and Pashto. Kurds are of course in Iraq and Turkey. This whole region which some people [...]

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Expats and language learning There are three types of expats when it comes to language learning. I have been an expat for years in Poland, as well as traveling quite a bit. My observation is based on real people regarding expats and language learning. How fast expats learn a language is connected to their level [...]

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Dual citizen for US citizens Is dual citizen allowed In clear, straight terms, can a US citizen be a dual citizen? Yes. Do you lose your US citizenship? No. So you can relax and be a dual citizen. You can keep your US citizenship and have another in your draw at home. How can I [...]

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The country that will dominate will determine next world language The powers The way I see it is there is the USA, Europe, China, Russia, India. Other power  Other considerations are either too small, like Japan or South Korea or like Africa or South America or the Arab world, does not have; at this time [...]

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Western Europe costs a lot in dollars Falling dollar makes travel to western Europe ridiculous. Why the dollar has fallen. The dollar is falling because the -  The war.   That is it.  Let me explain: Fiscal spending (Over three trillion dollars) on the war crowds out capital investment in the private sector and especially research and development in new private sector [...]

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Language extinction rate Languages are part of the human database of knowledge and tell us about or cultures and thinking processes. With the extinction of a language, a part of collective human knowledge is lost forever. It is on par with a museum full of ancient treasures being destroyed. National Geographic is studying this problem. [...]

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Latin language and the Catholic church Latin the universal language I am getting married in Poland and I am an American citizen.  The the Polish courts are very slow and difficult, the Catholic church is very easy to work with.  On  thing that would be nice if I could get all my original Church documents [...]

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How to a become an EU citizen The purpose of this post is to help you gain EU citizenship in a legal way. Dual citizen as an American Many Americans often talk about the desire to be a dual citizen. We Americans do not always like some of the economic or political policies of Europe, [...]

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The strangest language in the world is in the Amazon The strangest language in the world is perhaps a language spoken by a tribe in the Amazon. Its sounds are more like whistles. Almost bird like. Of course they have normal words, but a large part of the vocabulary or mode of expression is simply [...]

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Which language has more words Polish or English Conventional wisdom will tell you the English language has the most words of any language in the world, as it is the most universal and the pax lingua of today.  And when you compare it with a language like Polish with only fifty million native speakers, certainly [...]

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