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Language · November, 2011
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Stories about Language from November, 2011

28 November 2011

East Timor: Building One Country Out of Many Languages

When East Timor became an independent country in 2002, both the Tetum and Portuguese languages were chosen as official for the newborn country. Nevertheless, the number of national languages is...

25 November 2011

Russia: Siberian Light's This Week in Russia Blogs #1

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

21 November 2011

Malawi: The President Talks Better in English Than Chichewa

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

20 November 2011

Ukraine: Starbucks, Social Media Marketing, and “Language Issue”

Written by Tetyana Bohdanova · Eastern & Central Europe

Tetyana Bohdanova writes about social media marketing and the "language issue" in Ukraine - and a recent scandal caused by what turned out to be a fake Facebook page of...

Japan: Top 60 buzzwords this year

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

18 November 2011

Peru: ‘Sugar Camp Lima’ Aims to Give Children a Learning Platform in Their Native Language

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

Ukraine: Photoshopped Chuck Norris and the Ukrainian Language Day

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

17 November 2011

Cameroon: 5th International Festival of Fulani Arts and Tradition

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

14 November 2011

Jamaica: Loving the Language

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

1 November 2011

Global Voices Podcast: Bridging the Language Gaps

Written by Jamillah Knowles · Arts & Culture

In this edition of the Global Voices Podcast we discuss languages that are hard to find on the internet. Are you from a place where your mother tongue is not...