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I often describe Pahlavi as the worst writing system ever invented. Let's take a perfectly-serviceable writing system for a completely different language (Aramaic) and adapt it fo...
A Chinese gives birth to a son, raises him with his language, sends him to school to learn English and others. A Nigerian Igbo gives birth to a son, raises him with queen's Engli...
70 COMMON WORDS THAT YORUBA SHOULD STOP REPLACING WITH ENGLISH. But - Ṣugbọn Except - Ayafi Nevertheless - Sibẹsibẹ Whatever - Ohunkohun Precisely - Gangan Very much - Gidi gaan...
Well, well, well, I have so much to say about the eternal Anglo, creator of the modern world. When I started learning English as a teenager I tried very hard to pick up the Receive...
*Layers and shades of Fear in the Qur'ān* The Arabic language is full of richness and depth which reveals with pin-point precision, clarity to specific nuances that are intended...
The 24 letters of the Greek Alphabet have an 8-8-8 Structure. The First Row of EIGHT letters represent Units, the Second Row of EIGHT letters represent Tens, the Third row of EIGHT...
Days of the week in af Soomaali 🧵: https://t.co/uFrDZWh06T
A treasure trove on the Arabic dialect spoken in 11th century Sicily/Tunis, in the guise of a series of corrections of their solecisms https://t.co/Mji0ZLPxNo
IGNORANCE AND ILLITERACY isn't embedded in not being acquainted with ALIEN language. 1: In most of our schools, kids are stupefied, humiliated and made to believe they're stupid ju...
Why do some chapters in the Qur'an start with disconnected letters (muqatta‘at)? 1) Indicating that the Qur'an uses the exact same letters that you do, but you cannot produce anyt...
Where does the English Word 'GOD' Originate? The Greek letter G (Gamma) is in the form of a Mason’s Square. The letter 0 (Omicron) is a Circle, and the letter D (Delta) a Triangle...
Arabic is one of the most romantic languages. It has at least 11 words for love and each of them conveys a different stage in the process of falling in love. A thread on expressio...
Just curious, what's there to brag about that you don't understand your language? The English language you are bragging about is another country's language. French, Chinese, Mand...
Do y'all know why Sampa the great is doing great and recognised internationally? She can do it in English. Months ago I talked of this. We have so much talent in Zambia but they w...
1. I suddenly felt an urge to retweet some Sanskrit lessons I put out years ago. Let me the outset admit I am no teacher but a student too at some varying level. If I was not thr...
Students, for some strange reason, believe that by reading: 1. nabiyeen qasas 2. Rashida Qirat 3.Nafha al-Arab 4. Hariri Maqamat [selected] 5. Diwan al-Mutnabbi [Excerpts] 6. Diw...
Fact you need to know today; on july 1856 a group of missionaries namely - reverend ajayi crowther, reverend Taylor (Igbo) Simon Jonas (Igbo), Dr baikie and a group of preachers la...
Do you like etymology? Here’s a fun one: To give is देना in Hindi. Which comes from ददाति in Sanskrit. Since Sanskrit and Persian share the same linguistic family, the equivalent...
Four surest ways to introduce Sanskrit to your children Parents wishing to introduce Sanskrit to their children can do following the four surest ways given below: 1. Download Lang...
(1/12) Modern #Germanic languages are fascinating, but probably just as fascinating can be which Germanic #languages have survived today only in remnants. And these lost #ancient G...
Okay, so I’m going to teach us prepositions and place. Prepositions generally can cause problems and confusion, especially if they are used wrongly. When writing or speaking we sho...
See how folks fall to tamil malice. When presented with "how can you thrust hindi down our throats?" you @tanvi_madan either say "well why can't u learn Hindi? Hindi is a good l...
6 basic cutlery languages you should learn before going to a restaurant Don’t embarrass yourself 🙏 Pass it on… https://t.co/DY16Dye7Rw
How to fix or improve your English for the general and specially for CSS Exam: A simple guide thread that might be helpful for you to ace CSS English.