• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as...
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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Singapore. In Wa State, Mandarin Chinese is de facto the official language, even though the government tries to promote the use of Wa. This situation...
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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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  • 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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    Washoe people (redirect from :šiw)
    preferred by themselves) is derived from the autonym Waashiw (wa·šiw or :šiw) in the Washo language or from Wašišiw (waší:šiw), the plural form of wašiw. Washoe...
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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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    represents [jaː], ⟨и⟩ [jə] or [əj], ⟨о⟩ [] or [ɐw], ⟨у⟩ represent [] or [əw], and ⟨е⟩ represents [jɐ] or [ɐj]. The language of Adyghe is officially written...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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