Posts Tagged ‘languages’

The State Of The World’s 7,168 Languages

The State Of The World’s 7,168 Languages What are the roots of a living language, and how many are at risk of extinction? This graphic via Visual Capitalist, from Stephen Jones, CEO of Derivation.co, shows the state of living languages around the world. Mapping Out Living Languages Across the 7,168 living languages today, 43% are at risk of […]

Escobar: The Eviction Notice Is Being Written, And Will Come In Four Languages

Authored by Pepe Escobar, The Eviction Notice is being written. And it will come in four languages. Russian. Farsi. Mandarin. And last but not least, English… A much-cherished pleasure of professional writing is to always be enriched by informed readers. This “eviction” insight – worth a thousand geopolitical treatises – was offered by one of […]

Indo-European Languages Like English and Sanskrit Had a Common Ancestor 8,100 Years Ago!

Language is one of humanity’s most fundamental and defining characteristics, shaping our thoughts, cultures, and societies. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Voices of Ancestors: Listen to the Sound of 14 Ancient Languages (Video)

Language is a powerful tool that allows us to communicate with one another across time and space. Read more Section:  News Video History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Not Just a Pretty Face: Cleopatra Was a Genius Who Spoke 8 Languages

Cleopatra VII (69 – 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and its last active ruler. Most famous for her love affairs with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later 

Protecting Indigenous Languages is Protecting Biodiversity

One million animal and plant species face extinction due to human activity, according to the United Nations. Now, think about cultural production—art and literature that we have invested to address the extinction of just a handful of species (passenger pigeon included). Quite a bit actually. The extinction of one million species feels rather abstract, beyond […]

New AI Algorithm is Cracking Undeciphered Languages

Scientists have created a new algorithm to hunt down similarities in ancient languages and it’s set to untangle the mystery of all undeciphered languages. According to a new MIT study “most languages that have ever existed are no longer spoken .” The study of lost and “ undeciphered languages ” is made exceptionally challenging as […]

A painful and joyous journey through the histories, languages and cultures of Jaffa

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The WordPress Mobile Apps Now Support Right-to-Left Languages

As part of the broader open source community, we believe in building products that people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities can use and enjoy. We strive to create software that works smoothly for English and non-English speakers alike, and today we’re happy to roll out native support for right-to-left languages in both the iOS […]

Why is it Important to Learn “Dead” Languages?

The definition of a “dead” language is a language which has no native speakers. For example, languages like Latin, Classical (and archaic) Greek, Etruscan, Old English, Old Norse, etc. So why is it important to learn these languages? Because it creates a spiritual connection to the past. I will use an example. There is a […]

Persian ranks 11th among most popular languages in internet

According to the latest W3Tech report in November 2017, Persian language has ranked 11th among most widely used languages of the Internet, being used by 1.7% of all the websites. This comes as the Persian language now stands one rank higher than Turkish and 5 ranks higher than Arabic, and is the most popular language […]

Marijuana Contains “Alien DNA” From Outside Of Our Solar System, NASA Confirms

It’s big news, set to shock, amaze, and entertain the world. But unfortunately, it’s got nothing to do with extraterrestrial stoners melding with Earth’s plants. However, since you’re now reading, you’ll almost certainly be interested in this research that looked into the clicking and sharing behaviors of social media users reading content (or not) and […]

Are Chinese Hackers Spying on Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton?

Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Brands   Speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, said that for the last 2 presidential runs, foreign hackers have been spying on campaigns. Clapper said that both the president and hopeful Mitt Romney were surveilled by […]

Yonhap News opens branch office in Tehran

Yonhap News Agency reporter Kang Hoon-sang entered the capital of Iran in the middle of March and officially began his correspondent duties last week. Iran with a population of over 80 million is a resource-rich Middle East nation, holding the world’s fourth-largest oil reserves and the second-largest gas reserves. South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s visit […]

AlphaGo Seals 4-1 Victory Over Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol

AlphaGo Seals 4-1 Victory Over Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol March 16th, 2016 Via: Guardian: Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo program triumphed in its final game against South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol to win the series 4-1, providing further evidence of the landmark achievement for an […]

Kellogg’s vows to cut hundreds of tons of sugar from children’s cereals, but only after being financially threatened by the U.K. government

(NaturalNews) Major soft drink and cereal manufacturers in Britain have pledged to reduce sugar content in their products, but only to avoid a new ‘sugar tax‘ being considered by Prime Minister David Cameron. Cereal giant Kellogg’s has promised to use 723 tons less sugar in all its cereals starting in 2016, including Frosties […]

Video: An Injured Turtle That Will Make You Think Twice About Using Plastic

All of us know that littering is harmful to the planet. It wreaks havoc on fragile ecosystems and inflicts horrific deaths on countless animals every year. Despite the fact that the materials we use to manufacture various products could be replaced with ones more harmonious with the planet, like hemp, companies still elect to use […]

EU Food Safety Authority admits glyphosate formulations are "genotoxic"

(NaturalNews) The European Union Food Safety Authority (EFSA) seemingly handed Monsanto a victory on November 12, when it released a report concluding that the […]

Muslim Migrants In Germany… There’s Rioting In Churches, Stealing From Stores And Defecating In Gardens!

Residents in the German town of Ellwangen are reporting that thousands of Muslim migrants who recently arrived are defecating on people’s gardens, staging riots in church and stealing from local stores, while police in the area struggle to cope with the disorder. ~ Geoffrey Grider – Videos Ellwangen, which has a population of around 23,500 […]

Constitution of Iran to appear in ten more languages

Internal News In media 05.01.11 5 Jan 2011 10:16 The latest cultural headlines in the media. Constitution of Iran to appear in ten more languages Tehran Times: The Al-Hoda International Publications will publish ten more translations of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the Ten Day Dawn celebrations. The celebration is held […]

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