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16 hours ago · Labial + /j/. The palatalization of labials is cross-linguistically rare and a variety of strategies for avoiding it are attested such as preservation of the cluster [Cj], gemination of the consonant before [j], metathesis of [j], and change of [j] to a palatal consonant. All of these outcomes are found in Romance.
16 hours ago · The language of the Welsh developed from the language of Britons. The emergence of Welsh was not instantaneous and clearly identifiable. Instead, the shift occurred over a long period, with some historians claiming that it had happened by as late as the 9th century, with a watershed moment being that proposed by linguist Kenneth H. Jackson, the Battle of Dyrham, a military battle between the ...
16 hours ago · The Danube (/ ˈ d æ n. j uː b / DAN-yoob; known by various names in other languages) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire.
- 1,078 m (3,537 ft)
- 2,850 km (1,770 mi)
- 801,463 km² (309,447 sq mi)
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16 hours ago · The Scarlet Flower. The Family Chronicle. Years of Childhood. A Russian Schoolboy. Memorial to Aksakov. The Aksakov Family Coat of Arms. Vasily Aksyonov. (1932–2009) The Burn.
16 hours ago · Welcome back to our live coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The country is reeling from the deadliest Russian attack in weeks, with at least 17 people killed in the northern city of ...
16 hours ago · Early life and education Main article: Early life of John Milton Blue plaque on 1 Bread Street, London, commemorating Milton's birthplace Portrait of Milton at age 10 in Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, painted by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on 9 December 1608, the son of composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey. The ...
16 hours ago · Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
