Uncategorized Hello fellow language learners, 10 Sep 202410 Sep 2024 Hi, so much has happened over the past few years to take my focus away from this blog. However, my love for languages has never gone away. Now, at a…
Language Lessons Norwegian lesson 11 22 Aug 201722 Aug 2017 DialogueVocabulary and PhrasesOm ettermiddagen holder den norske klubben sitt månedlige møte. Det banker på døren. Birgitte svarer. Uten står to menn med tjue pizzaer. In the afternoon, the Norwegian club…
Language Lessons Norwegian Lesson 10 4 Aug 20174 Aug 2017 Dialogue Note: The dialogue is a continuation of the one from the previous lesson. Vocabulary and phrases Fru Andersen ser Mr. Moore mens hun går gjennom gangen til klasserommet sitt.…
Language Lessons Norwegian lesson 9 25 Jul 201725 Jul 2017 Dialogue Vocabulary and Phrases Etter en lang dag på kjøpesenteret, er Annelise og Mette ferdig. Annelise ringer til begge foreldrene sine, men ingen svarer. After a long day at the mall,…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Kildin Sami 16 Jul 2017 Kildin Sami is one of nine living Sami languages. It is part of the Eastern Sami subgroup. It is number 8 on the map listed above. Kildin Sami is native…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Boruca 9 Jul 2017 Top photo credit: Arturo Sotillo Boruca is the native language of the Boruca people, which live in Costa Rica. Boruca is also known as Bronka, Bronca or Brúnkajk. Boruca belongs to…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Western Frisian 2 Jul 20172 Jul 2017 Western Frisian, also known simply as Frisian is spoken in the Dutch province Friesland, in the north of the country. There are approximately 470,000 speakers of the language. It is…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Zay 18 Jun 2017 Top photo credit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ethiopia_adm_location_map.svg Zay is one of several languages spoken in Ethiopia. It is spoken by the Zay people who live on Gelilla and the other five islands and…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Ter Sami 11 Jun 201711 Jun 2017 Top photo credit: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZoyaGerasimovaNinaAfanasyevaInterview.jpg#mw-jump-to-license It is the most critically endangered living Sami language. As of 2010, only two speakers of the language remain - both elderly women. Therefore, it is…
Language of the Week… Spotlight on Minority Languages – Ingrian 4 Jun 20174 Jun 2017 The language is also referred to as Izhorian. The name 'Izhorian' comes from the fact that it is spoken by the Izhorians, the indigenous people of the Ingria region located…
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