them from developing and has hindered it since the beginning of its existence. Despite distinctive variations in language and local traditions in different regions‚ Sierra Leoneans today are united by many factors‚ such as their shared lingua franca Krio and even sporting events‚ especially when the national football (soccer) team plays. At the same time‚ a declining economy‚ declining infrastructure‚ and deteriorating health conditions have prevented the country’s progress‚ and have to some
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languages. The literary revolution that took place under the caliphate’s rule replaced all other languages and made Arabic the lingua franca (Lapidus 1988‚ 74). Due to such rapid expansion of Arabic‚ as mentioned in “Language of Empire: Politics of Arabic and Persian in the Abbasid World”‚ Arabic replaced “Greek‚ Persian‚ Sanskrit‚ Coptic‚ and Syriac as the lingua franca” (Yucesoy 2015‚ 385). Arabic gave the Abbasid rulers a central identity and a path for building social and political relationships
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from the 17th century to the mid-20th century‚ through the British Empire‚ and also of the United States since the mid-20th century‚ it has been widely propagated around the world‚ becoming the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions. Historically‚ English originated from the fusion of closely related dialects‚ now collectively termed Old English‚ which were brought to the eastern coast of Great Britain by Germanic settlers (Anglo-Saxons) by the 5th century
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Kachru- Nelson’s Slight Misconception Toward EIL Perspective Introduction The role of English as global language has urged the emergence some new point of view in English study such as World Englishes‚ English as Lingua Franca (ELF) and English as an International Language (EIL) (Jenkins‚ 1998). These perspectives have attracted the scholar attention in nowadays. In their book World Englishes in Asian Context‚ Yamuna Kachru and Nelson argue that World Englishes perspective is different from
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The Mexican Spanish dialect is one that began to form in 1521 during Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire. The various dialects which are Latin America originate from either Castilian‚ the written and educational standard in Spain‚ or Andalusian‚ which is spoken in the southern regions of Seville and Andalucía‚ Spain. When Europe began colonizing the Americas‚ both dialects were carried over into the Latin American regions. Castilian was integrated in large cities and administrative areas such as
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the population. English‚ while the country’s official language‚ is limited to the approximately 48% of Sierra Leoneans that are literate. Another language is Mende‚ the lingua franca and main language of the southern portion of the country‚ spoken by approximately 30% of the Sierra Leoneans. Similar to Mende‚ Temne is the lingua franca and main language of the north‚ spoken by about 25% of the Sierra Leoneans. Finally‚ Bengali was recently named an official language of the state to commemorate the Bengali
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We live in a world with differences‚ biases and hindrances we tend to take into account to be able to cope up with the changes happening around us. These differences could be between races‚religion‚ culture‚ language‚ etc. But within a country‚ these differences also exist. Most countries are composed of diversed culture that divides the society to the majority and the minorities that establishes cultural differences related problems. It is often heard that minorities are deprived from certain
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Hindi as a Diglossic Language Standard (Suddha) Hindi vs Hindustani:- Hindustani‚ commonly known as Hindi-Urdu and historically as Hindavi‚ Urdu‚ and‚ is the lingua franca of north india and Pakistan. It is an indo Aryan language and it is deriving primarily from the khariboli of Delhi‚ and borrows a large amount of vocabulary from Persian‚ Arabic‚ Sanskrit and Turkic. The colloquial languages are all but indistinguishable‚ and even though the official standards are nearly identical in grammar
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Hindi and English’ is a question that I have been asked by my foreigner friends over and over again. It comes to them as a surprise when I reply. ‘It is the normal way people talk in India’. Today‚ English is widely acknowledged as being the ‘lingua franca’ of the modern world. This phrase refers to the adoption of English as the ‘bridging’ language among communities to allow communication between people who do not speak the same language or dialect- making it the leader in education‚ research‚ tourism
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In this day and age‚ technological advancements have made it possible for people around the world to communicate instantaneously with one another. The only significant issue that interferes with communication is that the majority of languages are mutually unintelligible. To resolve this problem‚ bilingualism offers an opportunity to break down barriers pertaining to language and culture so that people are able to get their point across to their audience. On the contrary‚ some individuals have argued
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