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· June, 2009
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Stories about Language from June, 2009

Bahrain: What Does “Madrasah” Mean?

· 28 June 2009

Russia: Buckwheat

· 26 June 2009

“Lao help Lao” mentality

· 26 June 2009

Russia-India: A medieval journey to India

· 24 June 2009

China: When plans overtake change

· 24 June 2009

Bahrain: Should “Native Speakers” Be Given Preference?

· 23 June 2009

Trinidad and Tobago: Fighting Words

· 23 June 2009

Japan: On How to Perceive the Japanese Web (Part One)

23 June 2009

Reporter Yuka Okada from the Japanese tech news site ITmedia brandished her well-regarded interviewing skills for a one-on-one session with Mochio Umeda. The result was “The Japanese web is ‘disappointing':...

Iran: FaceBook in Persian

· 19 June 2009

Iran: Google translates Persian

· 19 June 2009

Philippines: Word of the year

· 18 June 2009

Pakistan: Chinese And Japanese Characters On Public Transport

· 17 June 2009

India: rights of the linguistic minorities in Mizoram

· 16 June 2009

North Africa: Berber Books Online

· 15 June 2009

Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas: Online Poetry

· 15 June 2009

Haiti: All Things Haitian

· 12 June 2009

Indonesia: Wayang Kulit

· 12 June 2009

Russia: Aleksandr Pushkin

· 10 June 2009

Japan: Social translation tool

· 10 June 2009

Cayman Islands: Native Tongue

· 9 June 2009

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