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1 day ago · Called kango (漢語) in Japanese, words in this stratum originate from several waves of large-scale borrowing from Chinese that occurred from the 6th-14th centuries AD. They comprise 60% of dictionary entries and 20% of ordinary spoken Japanese, ranging from formal vocabulary to everyday words.
1 day ago · e. The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with rigorous scepticism, because cognitive assumptions can distort the interpretation of the observation.
1 day ago · Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation of eastern and northern England between the mid 9th to the 11th centuries (see also Danelaw). Many of these words are part of English core vocabulary, such as egg or knife. There are hundreds of such ...
4 hours ago · Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread ...
1 day ago · Armenian ( endonym: հայերեն [c] ( hayeren ), pronounced [hɑjɛˈɾɛn]) is an Indo-European language and the sole member of an independent branch of that language family. It is the native language of the Armenian people and the official language of Armenia. Historically spoken in the Armenian highlands, today Armenian is also widely ...
- 5.3 million (1.6 million for Western Armenian and 3.7 million for Eastern Armenian) (2013–2021)
- Armenia
- Indo-European, Armenian
4 hours ago · FE REPORT | May 24, 2024 00:00:00. Banking sector drifts like a ship sans radar amid governance deficiencies as the central bank cannot exercise its autonomy, experts said Thursday and pinpointed a lack of accountability and transparency in operations. At a CPD meet held here to reveal findings of an anatomy on the country's banking sector they ...
