colonialism

Paraguay’s Paradox: Where Non-Natives Speak Guarani

Explore the fascinating sociolinguistic anomaly of Paraguay, the only nation in the Americas where a vast majority of the non-indigenous…

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The Nag Hammadi Library: Secrets Preserved in Coptic

In 1945, a peasant in Upper Egypt unearthed a jar containing the "forbidden" Gnostic Gospels, forever altering religious history. This…

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The Irony of ‘Hindi’: A Persian Name, A Sanskrit Soul

The name "Hindi" is a Persian exonym meaning "of the Indus", yet the modern formal language is defined by a…

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Hindi and Urdu: Twins Separated by a Script

Hindi and Urdu represent a fascinating linguistic paradox: they are mutually intelligible in conversation yet largely incomprehensible to one another…

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Inside the Dainu Skapis: The Cabinet That Saved a Language

Discover the incredible history of the Dainu skapis, a 19th-century card catalog built by Krišjānis Barons that houses over 200,000…

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One Language, Two Anthems: The Power of Bengali Poetry

Discover the unique linguistic phenomenon of Bengali, the only language in the world to claim the national anthems of two…

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The Bloody Origins of International Mother Language Day

Did you know that International Mother Language Day was born from a massacre? Discover the moving history of the 1952…

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The King of the South: Why Portuguese Rules the Hemisphere

While Spanish often gets the global spotlight, a look at the demographics reveals that Portuguese is actually the dominant language…

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Guaraní: The Indigenous Language That Won

Unlike almost everywhere else in the Americas, the indigenous language of Paraguay, Guaraní, is spoken by the vast majority of…

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Wampum Belts: Diplomacy Woven in Beads

Long before the invention of the computer, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy utilized a binary system of white and purple shells to…

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