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anthropology

(Encyclopedia) anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human…

The Languages of Africa

What do people speak in Africa? Lagos is the capital of Nigeria, a country with over 500 native languages. European languages are official in most African countries, due to their colonial history.…

Wolfe, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Wolfe, Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), 1931–2018, American journalist and novelist, b. Richmond, Va., B.A. Washington and Lee Univ., 1951, Ph.D. Yale, 1957. He began his writing…

Urdu Spoken Here

The U.S. is more multilingual than you might think by Borgna Brunner More than 300,000 Americans regularly speak Urdu in the home. Related Links American Indian Languages Spoken in U.S.Persons…

Why Spanish Accents Can Be So Different

Accents speak to variety of Hispanic world by David Johnson   Related Links Where in the World is Spanish Spoken? Languages in the United States Spanish Literature…

Native American Loan Words

Related Links American Indian Tribes Spanish Loan Words Asian Loan Words Foreign Words and Phrases From their earliest contact with traders and explorers, Native Americans…

English Borrows from Spanish

New World encounters bring new words by David Johnson Related Links Types of Spanish Explained Columbus's Unknown Legacy Spain Latin America Languages in the…

Baltic languages

(Encyclopedia) Baltic languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-European subfamily to which the Baltic languages appear to be closest is the Slavic. Because of this,…

Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World

The modern lingua francas There are over 7,000 languages in the world, each with their own histories and sounds. All of these should be celebrated. But, some languages are much more widely spoken…