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  1. 5 days ago · Language was yet another differentiating factor. However, it is clear that in ancient times - from the pre-dynastic era to the dying days of the Pharaohs - the distinction between Upper and Lower Nubia was as marked as that between Nubia (Upper and Lower) and Egypt (Upper and Lower).

  2. 4 days ago · Map 2 (found below) shows languages that were introduced to Africa when Africa was colonized by European countries. During this time, several European countries took control of territories in Africa that they claimed for themselves.

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  4. 2 days ago · Rapa Nui or Rapanui ( English: / ˌræpəˈnuːi /, [3] Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i] ), also known as Pascuan ( / ˈpæskjuən /) or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family. It is spoken on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui .

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  5. 4 days ago · Arabic language, Semitic language spoken in a large area including North Africa, most of the Arabian Peninsula, and other parts of the Middle East. (See also Afro-Asiatic languages.) Scholars have struggled to define Arabic as a language.

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  6. 21 hours ago · A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...

  7. languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu › nllLanguage Log

    May 5, 2024 · May 11, 2024 @ 5:44 am · Filed by Victor Mair under Romanization, Transcription, Writing systems. We have been intrigued by Iskander Ding since encountering him on X/Twitter a while back, several posts from his account having made it onto Language Log (see "Selected readings"). With a handle like his, where Iskandar is the Persian form of the ...

  8. 5 days ago · 3. Proto Saharan – The Oldest African Written Language. The Proto-Saharan language, dating back to 5000 – 3000 BC, is considered one of the world’s oldest known forms of writing. Archaeologists and linguists have discovered inscriptions near the Kharga Oasis, west of what was once known as “Nubia.”

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