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Lebanese People in Brazil

There are More Lebanese Descendants Living in Brazil Than Those Living in Lebanon.

The Lebanese diaspora numbers around four to fourteen million people, including both Lebanese born abroad and those born abroad of Lebanese descent. The vast majority of Lebanese in the diaspora are Christian. But did you know there are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than in Lebanon? One important reason there are more Lebanese descendants in […]

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Cityspeak

Cityspeak is the Pidgin Street Language that Combines Japanese, Spanish, German, and other Languages. It was Used in the Film Blade Runner. It was Not in Philip K. Dick’s Book, but Edward James Olmos devised it.

If you’re creating a world for your movie universe, you’ll want to make things as realistic as possible, and one of the quickest ways to do so is to create a new language for your characters to speak. And you can go to the trouble of hiring a linguist to create a fictitious language, such

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Nunavut

About 5.8% of People Living in Nunavut Have No Knowledge of English or French, They Only Speak Inuit Language

Nunavut is Canada’s biggest and most northern territory. The Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act granted this area to the Inuit for autonomous administration and legally split it from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999. But did you know people living in Nunavut do not know other languages? Around 5.8% of

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Papua New Guinea

There are More Languages in Papua New Guinea Than Any Other Country in the World

Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. After 60 years of the Australian administration, it declared independence in 1975. The country, with its islands, has a population of roughly 7 million people and occupies an area of approximately 178,704 square miles. But did

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Ethiopian Calendar

How is Ethiopia’s Calendar Unique?

While we know that a calendar is used to keep track of the days. The concept behind its creation is quite remarkable. In order to keep track of the day, time periods, usually days, weeks, months, and years are given names. A date is the designation of a single, specific day in such a system.

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