Urdu - The Origin and History of the Language Published on February 17 2014 by www.eautytask.com The term ’Urdu’ and its origin The term Urdu derives from a Turkish word ordu meaning camp or army. The Urdu languagedeveloped between the Muslim soldiers of the Mughals armies who belonged to various ethnicities like Turks‚ Arabs‚ Persians‚ Pathans‚ Balochis‚ Rajputs‚ Jats and Afghans. These soldiers lived in close contact with each other and communicated in different dialects‚ which slowly and gradually
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The Death of Language LNG 310 Sounds of Language The Death of Language As time moves past us‚ many things go through change. Language is always changing and taking on new forms. There are more than 7‚000 languages spoken in this world but by 2100 more than half of those languages may vanish (National Geographic‚ n.d.). Many areas around the globe have been labeled as Language Hotspots. In these hotspots‚ languages are near extinction. There are a few Language Hotspots in the United States
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Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans‚ it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language‚ spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history; other systems‚ such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary‚ were previously used. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script‚ and was in turn the basis of the Latin‚ Cyrillic‚ Coptic‚ and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds an important
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LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation
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Vernacular Language Vernacular language is the native language of a specific population during the Middle Ages. Latin and French were the most commonly used for literature. The general population did not have the ability to read or write. Mainly‚ the only people who learned how to read and write were the wealthy and upper class citizens. Eventually the general population learned to read and write using their own language or in other words vernacular. Origins Most of the vernacular languages branched
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The Method of Language Immersion “If one wants to swim he should enter the water‚ one cannot learn to swim in the desert even if he studies for years.” ‘Does language immersion work for my child? ‘I hear you ask. Well like most primary school settings we‚ at Ysgol Plascrug‚ use different methods of teaching; do different exercises and have many other ways of encouraging a second language. Many young children reap the benefits of having parents with different native tongues. They are immersed
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WÁRAY- WÁRAY LANGUAGE Wáray-Wáray (commonly spelled as Warai; also referred to as Winaray or Lineyte-Samarnon) or Samarnon is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar‚ Northern Samar‚ Eastern Samar‚ Biliran‚ and in the north-east of Leyte Island (surrounding Tacloban) in the Philippines. The name comes from the word often heard by non-speakers‚ "waray" (meaning "none"‚ "nothing" or "not")‚ in the same way that Cebuanos are known in Leyte as "mga Kana" (after the oft-heard word "kana"
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This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which
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VERNACULAR LANGUAGES Your Name Your Institute’s Name Abstract Latin was the main language among people until 12th century. Research and write about the origins of the Vernacular languages and its spread. Concentrate on the rise and dissemination of those languages. Also focus on gradual transition of Vernacular languages. Focus on the details of the types of literature that was written in Vernacular Language. Individual languages are organized in families and then
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individuals and governments are concerned about language diversity as an increasing number of reports have demonstrated a considerable decrease in the number of languages during the last few centuries (Romaine‚ 2007). Additionally‚ the future of many languages is also dismal. As a consequence‚ whether or not to protect endangered languages is a quite controversial issue at present. This essay will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of preserving languages‚ which are quite essential for governments
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