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  • In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... to the grammar of all the speakers of the language), in which case the term ...
    25 KB (3,470 words) - 18:48, 24 May 2024
  • city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port ... "Canton" was the convenient Portuguese or French romanization ...
    22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
  • a significant milestone by the Portuguese attempting to establish ... The Khoikhoi were originally part of a pastoral culture and language ...
    15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
  • provided a large number of captives to the Portuguese. The empire& ... called a "gaand" in the KiLunda language. It was ruled over by a ...
    16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
  • can be primarily traced to the influx of Portuguese goods into the West African ... The decline of Timbuktu began with the influx of Portuguese traders ...
    16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
  • | language = Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | registration = Optional ...
    18 KB (2,536 words) - 16:33, 8 March 2023
  • The first, and perhaps most famous, Portuguese adventurer to reach Southern ... Though their reign was short-lived, the language of the region continues ...
    16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
  • for its maritime successes during the Portuguese Age of Discovery. The city ... The Bairro Alto (literally upper quarter in Portuguese) is a central ...
    34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
  • ; November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010) was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese ... Saramago was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1969, ...
    13 KB (1,795 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
  • as HTML. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works ... German, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, and Portuguese.Jeffrey Thomas, [http://usinfo ...
    19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
  • Nadu, and easily accessible to shipping, Portuguese colonies monopolized the ... set foot the jungles in 1602 when a Portuguese priest, Ferreiri, successfully ...
    15 KB (2,206 words) - 04:44, 15 November 2022
  • Africa where Spanish is an official language (excluding the Spanish exclaves ... full membership of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). ...
    26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
  • the carpincho in Spanish and capivara in Portuguese, H. hydrochaeris is the ... capybara in English and capivara in Portuguese, derives from Kapiÿva ...
    10 KB (1,545 words) - 00:03, 15 November 2021
  • studying philosophy and the psychology of language. Following his entrance ... an advisor on education reform in former Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly ...
    18 KB (2,693 words) - 01:43, 23 November 2022
  • , from Portuguese cristão, was the Japanese term for Roman Catholic ... who were interested in trade with the Portuguese, received them favorably ...
    38 KB (5,413 words) - 06:55, 7 June 2024
  • are based on Catalonian law, its language is Catalan, as is a large ... in their own country; Spaniards, Portuguese, Frenchmen, and Britons ...
    26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
  • |languages = Zulu(many also speak English or Afrikaans or Portuguese ... Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. Their language, isiZulu, is a Bantu language; ...
    23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
  • leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468. The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress ...
    20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
  • states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and ... states flourished after contact with the Portuguese in the fifteenth century ...
    16 KB (2,385 words) - 18:51, 21 May 2024
  • and other languages including Hindi and Portuguese. Language has been ... Herald (Goa's oldest, once a Portuguese language paper known as O Heraldo ...
    39 KB (5,868 words) - 03:54, 24 May 2024

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