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incell

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a man that cant get a date

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in japanese the most important word to learn is?

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Sumimase

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what does the word Sumimasen mean?

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Suminasen means : sorry or excuse me in japanese

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Shigata ga nai means .

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it cant be helped or its only karma

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68% of the worlds internet is in what language?

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english is 68% of the worlds internet

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what % of internet users speak english as their native language?

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27% of internet users has english as their native language.

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why will the chinese language not become the universal language?

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Chinese will not become the universal language because it is a tonal language

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brussels is a bi-lingual region of what two languages

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Brussels is bi-lingual french and flemish

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french speakers expect more

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socialism from the state.

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Dutch speakers expect more

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Dutch speakers expect more freedom and capitalism

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what is one way for a dominate culture to suppress a minority culture?

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ban the use of their language and require their children to be educated in the dominate language.

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What are two opposing forces in the modern world

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globalization of culture
preservation of local and national culture.

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official chinese is based on

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the Northern Mandarin dialect spoken around Bejing

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How many dialects of Chinese are there?

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there are 1400 dialects of Chinese

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how many foreign films are allowed to be shown every year in China?

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only 20 foreign films are allowed to be shown in China every year.

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whata re the two main dialects of Chinese?

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The two main dialects of Chinese are Cantonese and Mandarin

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old definition was that a language was

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a dialect with an army

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Language is a set of mutually agreed on?

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sounds and symbols that are used for communication

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feature that is different in two dialects?

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isoglass, or boundry

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dialects are variations on?

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a particular theme

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Some countries have formal exams of?

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Standard language proficiancy, especialy for government workers

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what languages are so similar that speakers of them can understand and communicate with each other yet are still considered separate languages?

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1) Norwegion and Danish
2)Serbian and Croation
3)Hindi and Urdu
4)Spanish and Portugese
5) Navajo and Apache

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Kings English is refers to as

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British Received Pronunciation, the standard

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what is the dialect heard most often around London

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“Kings English”

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Americans associate what accent with having good manners?
Oxbridge or BBC
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Actors and academics who have what is called Oxbridge or BBC english do well in?
the United States
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Who are the native speakers of english?
America, Britian, Australia/New Zealand
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It is estimated that there are about how many languages worldwide?
It is estimated that there are about 6,900 languages worldwide, depends on how you count dialects
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How many people speak Mandarin, the official Chinese
Only about 600 million Chinese speak Mandarin the official Chinese
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It is estimated that in 100 years from now there will only be how many languages left?
600 languages
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Languages are thought to die out at the rate of ?
Languages are thought to die out about the rate of one every two weeks
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How many people speak Chinese?
more than 1.2 billion people speak Chinese
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How many speakers does Spanish Have?
310 million people speak Spanish
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what is the Universal language of the modern world?
English is the universal language spoken by native speakers and foreign socialites.
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Why is Chinese not a world language?
Because Chinese is geographically restricted
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what countries are least likely to learn another language?
America, Britain, Australia/New Zealand
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200 years ago Englishwas the unwritten language of?
Iron Age people, living in Denmark.
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How many people speak Hindi?
Hindi has 305 million speakers
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How many people speak English?
English has 400 million speakers
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How many people speak Portugese?
Portugese has 165 million speakers
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How many speakers does Russian have?
150 million people speak Russian?
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How many people speak Bengali?
130 million people speak Bengali
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How many people speak German?
100 million people speak German
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How many people speak French?
80 million people speak french.
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how many people speak Italian?
60 million people speak Italian.
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Sumerian and Etruscan survive only in?
Fragments of their written form
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Sanskrit and Latin live on in their?
descendant languages.
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Language loss can be stopped through?
Revival movements
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What increases the value of learning any particular language?
Value of learning any particular language is increased by the number of people who already speak it.
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Welsh, Maori and Hawiian are currently experiencing?
Revivals
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Where is the most languages in one place?
the big island of New Guinea.
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About how many languages are spoken in the deep valleys of PNG?
about 890
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Because of migration how many languages are spoken in New York city?
830 languages spoken in New York City.
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What is the oldest language of the Indo-Europen family?
Lithuanian
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What is the language of the Aztecs?
Nahua
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What may be the oldest language spoken?
Click languages of South Africa and the Sentinelese islands near India
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Adding click sounds adds more?
units of sound (phonemes)
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How many click sounds does English have?
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NIuu spoken by only two speakers in South Africa has how many click sounds?
114
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Languages can tell us about?
The movement of people
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Where is Madagascar?
A large island off the southeast coast of Africa
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What language is spoken in Madagascar?
Australo-Polynesian language
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Where does those leaping lemurs come from?
Madagascar
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How does language change over time?
Small Variations, sound shifts, can lead to new dialects and new languages
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