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4 days ago · El Greco was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "Cretan", in Ancient Greek. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post ...
2 days ago · Ancient Greece usually encompasses Greek antiquity, as well as part of the region's late prehistory (Late Bronze Age). It lasted from c. 1200 BC – c. 600 AD and can be subdivided into the following periods: Greek Dark Ages (or Iron Age, Homeric Age), 1100–800 BC. Archaic period, 800–490 BC.
2 days ago · Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...
3 days ago · notes by Johann Flierl, Wilhelm Poland and Georg Schwarz, culminating in Walter Roth 's The Structure of the Koko Yimidir Language in 1901. [181] [182] A list of 61 words recorded in 1770 by James Cook and Joseph Banks was the first written record of an Australian language. [183] c. 1891. Galela.
4 days ago · In total, 46% of the world's population (3.2 billion people) speaks an Indo-European language as a first language—by far the highest of any language family. There are about 445 living Indo-European languages, according to an estimate by Ethnologue, with over two-thirds (313) of them belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch.
3 days ago · The origin of language, its relationship with human evolution, and its consequences have been subjects of study for centuries.Scholars wishing to study the origins of language must draw inferences from evidence such as the fossil record, archaeological evidence, contemporary language diversity, studies of language acquisition, and comparisons between human language and systems of animal ...
2 days ago · Pontine Marshes Venetian (in parts of the Pontine Marshes, or Agro Pontino, southern Lazio, formed by migration of Venetian speakers to the Pontine Marshes in the middle 20th Century, different from native Southern Laziale) Arborea Venetian (in Arborea, Sardinia island) Slavonia Venetian (small enclaves in Slavonia, eastern Croatia)
