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A Royal Tongue: The Golden Age of Telugu
Travel back to the 16th-century Vijayanagara Empire to discover why Emperor Krishnadevaraya famously declared Telugu the "greatest of the nation's…
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Discover the unique linguistic phenomenon of Bengali, the only language in the world to claim the national anthems of two…
The Bloody Origins of International Mother Language Day
Did you know that International Mother Language Day was born from a massacre? Discover the moving history of the 1952…
The King of the South: Why Portuguese Rules the Hemisphere
While Spanish often gets the global spotlight, a look at the demographics reveals that Portuguese is actually the dominant language…
Mesoclisis: The Weird Art of Split Verbs in Portuguese
Portuguese possesses a rare grammatical quirk called mesoclisis, where pronouns are inserted directly into the middle of a verb (e.g.,…
The Personal Infinitive: Portuguese’s Grammar Superpower
Unlike most Romance languages that rely on complex subjunctive clauses to clarify subjects, Portuguese possesses a unique "secret weapon": the…
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