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The IPA – A Language Learner’s Secret Weapon
In 1888, the International Phonetic Association was facing a similar problem: how do you represent a sound without using, well, sound?
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7000Languages
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
4 Endangered Language Songs to Listen to This Week
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”
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7000Languages
- Oct 12, 2017
- 2 min
What’s the Matter with Q?
Last week, a friend asked me why the letter “Q” is so rare in English. For proof, just look at Scrabble.
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7000Languages
- Oct 10, 2017
- 1 min
Google Creates Font Family for 800 Languages
Have you ever opened a document, only to find that the text has turned into gibberish?
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7000Languages
- Oct 9, 2017
- 2 min
The Voynich Manuscript: A Medieval Mystery
The only book of its kind, and perhaps the only book in its language.
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7000Languages
- Oct 8, 2017
- 2 min
What Is An Endangered Language?
A language becomes endangered when people stop using it. "Endangered" means that few people speak the language.
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