Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages;...
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of the Wa, as well as their lifestyle, are very similar to those of the Naga people further to the Northwest. The Wa people speak the Wa language which...
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languages spoken by the Wa people Walloon language (ISO 639 language code wa) Wa (Japan) (和), an old Chinese name for Japan Wa Land, the natural and historical...
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Wa is derived from the Wa ethnic group, who speak an Austroasiatic language. For a long time,[timeframe?] headman tribes were dispersed around the Wa...
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the Wa language is a "recognized national language" in the de facto autonomous Wa State within Myanmar. Santali is one of the 22 scheduled languages of...
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watashi is hidden under wa. Note: The subtle difference between wa and ga in Japanese cannot be derived from the English language as such, because the distinction...
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Kwavi dialect (redirect from Wa-Kwavi language)
African Studies, 1994, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 117–162 Karsten Legère. 2002. The "Languages of Tanzania" Project: background, resources and perspectives. Africa and...
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The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as...
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Arabic: إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ, ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūna), also known as Istirja...
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As-salamu alaykum (redirect from Wa 'alaikumus salam)
salutation in other languages as well. The typical response to the greeting is wa ʿalaykumu s-salām (وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ, Arabic: [wa ʕa.laj.kum mus.sa...
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A-WA (Arabic for Yes) is an Israeli band made up of the three sisters Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim. Their single "Habib Galbi" (Love of My Heart) became...
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Wa is the oldest attested name of Japan. From c. the 2nd century AD Chinese and Korean scribes regularly used the Chinese character 倭; 'submissive'', 'distant''...
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Decolonising the Mind (redirect from Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature)
the Politics of Language in African Literature (Heinemann Educational, 1986), by the Kenyan novelist and post-colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, is a...
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nearly thirty Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages. Most of the Palaungic languages lost the contrastive voicing of...
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hot" Example of the use of wicha- wa-kte 0-I-kill wa-kte 0-I-kill "I kill him" wicha-wa-kte them-I-kill wicha-wa-kte them-I-kill "I kill them" Infixes...
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native language, such as in Nairobi. In non-native Swahili, concord reflects only animacy: human subjects and objects trigger a-, wa- and m-, wa- in verbal...
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Wa ʿalaykumu s-salam (وَعَلَيْكُم ٱلسَّلَامُ) is an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world translating to "and upon you be peace". It is...
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Southwestern Mandarin (redirect from Southwestern Chinese Mandarin Chinese language)
one of two official languages of the Wa State, an unrecognized autonomous state within Myanmar, alongside the Wa language. Because Wa has no written form...
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Wa (hiragana: わ, katakana: ワ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The combination of a W-column kana letter with わ゙ in hiragana...
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T – te – [t] U – u – [u] W – wa – [w] Y – ye – [j] Z – ze – [z] kh – [ɣ] (used for loanwords from other African languages) -n – nasalises vowel sh – she...
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om-wa that-AN.SG imitááwa imitáá-wa dog-AN.SG siiksípohsiwa siiksip-o꞉hsi-wa PST:bite(TA)-REFL(AI)-3.SG oma imitááwa siiksípohsiwa om-wa imitáá-wa siiksip-o꞉hsi-wa...
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ha- hi- Second Person: ra- ri- Inclusive: hi- wa-wa- (note that the inclusive object form is spelled "wa-wa" because it can be separated by the positional...
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represents [jaː], ⟨и⟩ [jə] or [əj], ⟨о⟩ [wɐ] or [ɐw], ⟨у⟩ represent [wə] or [əw], and ⟨е⟩ represents [jɐ] or [ɐj]. The language of Adyghe is officially written...
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Washoe people (redirect from Wá:šiw)
preferred by themselves) is derived from the autonym Waashiw (wa·šiw or wá:šiw) in the Washo language or from Wašišiw (waší:šiw), the plural form of wašiw. Washoe...
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palembwe amba mwingidi wa “Tattannu, muledi wa Bukila bwa Munonga” —ko kunena’mba i enka Tatenai utelelwe ne mu mukanda wa mu Bible wa Ezela. Translation...
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other Northwest Caucasian languages. Vocative Affixes Although there is no special vocative declension, the prefix уа- (wa-), when attached to a noun...
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Japanese grammar (redirect from Japanese language grammar)
gakushū suru ue de taisetsu na koto wa mainichi no doryoku ga mono o iu to iu koto de aru In studying a foreign language, daily effort gives the most rewards...
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and teach Dakota language one word at a time". MPR News. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023. Wilson, W.A. (January 1, 2005)...
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Kalīla wa-Dimna or Kelileh o Demneh (Arabic: كليلة ودمنة; Persian: کلیله و دمنه) is a collection of fables. The book consists of fifteen chapters containing...
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