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Most of the native speakers of the critically…

October 25, 2020Weirdo

Most of the native speakers of the critically endangered Germanic language, Gottscheerish, now live in Queens, New York City.

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The Lakota language, spoken by the Lakota people…

October 12, 2020Weirdo

The Lakota language, spoken by the Lakota people of the Sioux Native American tribes, is gendered and that for ‘Dances With Wolves,’ Kevin Costner and many Native actors spoke the female-gendered language because the language tutor on set was a woman.

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August 27, 2020Joseph J.

South Africa has the most official languages that have equal status, with eleven. Bolivia recognises thirty-seven languages, the most of any country in the world, and India recognises twenty-three. However, Bolivia and India give primacy to Spanish and Hindi respectively, making South Africa the country with the most equally important official languages.

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The Hoovers both spoke Mandarin…

July 29, 2020Weirdo

The Hoovers both spoke Mandarin. In the White House they would speak in Mandarin to avoid eavesdroppers. To date, Lou Hoover is the only First Lady to speak an Asian language. They were also well versed in Latin; working together to translate “De Re Metallica” a 16th century mining textbook.

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Due to its isolated location…

April 29, 2020Weirdo

Due to its isolated location, the Icelandic language has changed very little from its original roots. Modern Icelandics can still read texts written in the 10th Century with relative ease.

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The Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering…

April 22, 2020Weirdo

The Rosetta Stone, the key to deciphering Ancient Egyptian, was found in 1799 during the French military expedition to Egypt, by a French Army engineer captain named Pierre-Francois Bouchard. Bouchard had been part of a unit tasked with restoring an old fort, where he spotted the slab.

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Speakers of the indigenous Australian…

April 2, 2020Weirdo

Speakers of the indigenous Australian language Dyirbal switch to a completely different dialect in the presence of their mother-in-law.

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The Icelandic language was…

February 3, 2020Weirdo

The Icelandic language was kept isolated for so long that modern speakers can still read and understand texts written in Old Norse, the language of the original viking settlers from Scandinavia that settled the Island over 1000 years ago.

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US: Most common language spoken at home rather than English or Spanish

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020Weirdo

“This map shows the most commonly spoken language in every US state, excluding English and Spanish”, by Andy Kiersz and Ivan De Luce, Business Insider (1/18/20)

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There is a Canadian TV anchor…

January 17, 2020Weirdo

There is a Canadian TV anchor who translates all the English news into Inuktitut live on air. Igalaaq is the only Inuktitut supper hour TV program in the whole country where unilingual Inuktitut speakers have this one chance, for 30 minutes, to see someone speaking their language.

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