A very interesting video on the Scottish Gaelic language “renaissance.” Interestingly the video is subtitled in Basque!

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The most crucial aspect in obtaining a distant language is the amount of time you commit to surrounding yourself with it. The more experience you have with the language, the quicker you’ll pick it up. This equates to hearing, seeing, using, and scrutinizing the lingo.

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In today’s world, knowing another language or two has become very, very important – even essential in some cases. Foreign communication surrounds most people daily, and people desire to obtain other languages to increase their brain power, grow as people, or for more whimsical reasons. While these apply to any language, the growing importance of the Chinese economy, Brazil, Latin America and the growing importance of African French speaking countries is especially noteworthy.

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There are a number of reasons to learn a new language. But whether it is to stimulate your intellect, work towards personal growth, travel the world, or whatever else, most people would agree that studying a distant or exotic foreign language takes a considerable amount of time and effort.

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When starting something novel, often one needs to comprehend the pluses in addition to the minuses of going about it. As for studying a distant tongue, how rapidly we grow our lingo skills usually relates back to how we felt regarding the pros we might get. In this short writing, I’ll take a gander at some bonuses of obtaining a foreign speech, and the reasons for doing it.

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The spelling for Navajo came from the Spanish language. Literally, it is a Pueblo Indian word meaning “farmlands”. It is thought that this name was given due to the Navajo nature of settling and farming. The Navajo peoples’ traditional name of Diné bizaad is translated “the people” (what most Native Americans call themselves). The Navajos refer to themselves as Navajo as well, particularly when conversing in English.

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An interesting video discussing the Frisian language and the identifying markers that distinguish it from other Germanic languages.

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This is just a quick post to our Spanish learners. This is a new site dedicated solely to learning Spanish. Check it out.

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A short video on resources available for learning Cherokee.

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We were recently asked about resources for learning Hebrew for the specific purpose of learning Jewish liturgy. One resource to consider for those interested in learning Hebrew prayer is www.hebrewprayer.org.

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