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Ismail Hashim a Hausa native who is exceptionally fluent in English and Arabic, also a Hafeez (Qur'an memorizer) has successfully defended his PhD thesis in Morocco where Sheikh Ja...
5 Words People Use Wrong All the Time (Including You): https://t.co/P9xPmQuxou
1. Why aren't we taught the alphabet like this. https://t.co/Fg5hFicKcD
In African schools, English is compulsory while Agriculture is optional. That's why we speak good english but no food 💔🙄
#Assam In my extended family circle, all the kids study in English medium schools. One thing prominent among them is the voracious preference for Korean and Chinese entertainment....
You won’t see this in North India PS - I did face something similar by Ola, Rapido Auto Drivers a few times in Bengaluru for Hindi https://t.co/5CT58aLQu0
Yup. I beat the craziest of deadlines and you see PASSION, I have it. I pour out my heart to any task I’m given. https://t.co/Vdl6iXz77R
Old English had two words for "army", those being "fyrd" and "here". After the military reforms of King Alfred the Great they began being used less strictly, sometimes interchangea...
A thread of excerpts from Daniel Everett's book 'Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes' about his time with the Amazonian Pirahãs. I don't think there's another people quite as unusual a...
‘Africa has culture. Whites are bland’ Culture is not akpu, Ijele masquerade, umu ada groups, Ichafu and co. Culture is really the excellent application of talent and ingenuity....
I’ve begun to think of ‘lol’ as sneaky use of word magic. Portal creation. Don’t judge me for linking buzz feed, it’s just to show how crazy prevalent & varied the usage has be...
KNOW YOUR FIRST NIGERIAN PROFESSORS 1. First Nigerian Professor of History ~ Prof. Kenneth Dike 2. First Nigerian Professor of Philosophy ~ Prof. Olubi Sodipo. 3. First Nigerian...
I Never Understand why Some People (Indians) are Obsessed with English This Lady at the Varanasi Airport was talking to Rickshawala and he could Barely Understand English or Anyth...
In the jaiminIya brAhmaNa, we encounter an A~ngirasa vipra of the priyamedha line named sAkamashva: horse-together. It seems like the opposite name of the Iranian hero vIshtAspa wh...
That's not the point of contention and you know it isn't. Poor display at dishonesty. The original audio sounds better because the voice is TIMED TO THE ANIMATION, so it actually s...
Married might mean poison in Norwegian, but poison in Norwegian also means gift in English. Something to think about.
The Romans had quite a bad reputation in the Middle Ages. Dante Alighieri wrote that they spoke the ugliest dialect in Italy and that "this should come as no surprise, for they al...
Thread on lies by a historian, who happens to be a PhD from JNU. Recently came across the talk of Dr @tishasaroyan in @saurabhtop’s show where she has presented so many “wrong thi...
Did you know the Arabic language has an “abjad” system and not an alphabet? The Arabic abjad is made up of 28 letters, written from right to left. All of the letters are consonant...
When Xhosa people say ndakubheta unye mna they really mean it hey https://t.co/UXZ9cFLVfm
THE PHRYGIAN LANGUAGE (1) #Phrygian is part of the Indo-European language group. This language is poorly documented. The little knowledge that we have of the Phrygian language i...
How can you be speaking pidgin English on a first date!!! No shame!?😭
Mantras and Frequencies (Long #Thread) Sanskrit is the oldest language that is based on sounds and vibrations.Every alphabet and its pronounciation have specific meaning; like ku...
Ever noticed? We say M for Million, but K for Thousand. Not T. Discover why in this thread:
