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Pencak Silat
There is a movie I saw a while ago, named "Dragon Crusaders", which, despite its rather sweeping title, was absolutely dreadful. It had a mix of dragons, gargoyles, pirates, zombies and a curse, yet somehow proved to be very poorly done. Perhaps part...
November / December 2013
Basic Guide to Faroese
Basic Guide to
Faroese
Faroese is a very cool language.
Make sure you don't miss out on its coolness.
We are presenting a list of simple words and phrases in Faroese to help you show your coolness.
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September / October 2014
The Grind: Why the Faroese Hunt Whales
The Faroe Islands are famous worldwide not only for their beauty and culture, but also for the grindadráp, or whale slaughter. In an average year, the Faroese kill approximately 800 pilot whales in order to eat their meat and blubber, which is the...
September / October 2014
Basic Guide to Papiamentu
Basic Guide to
Papiamentu
Papiamentu (or Papiamento) is a cool creole language, spoken on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
We are presenting a list of simple words and phrases in Papiamentu to help you show your island intelligence.
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November / December 2015
Basic Guide to Polish
Basic Guide to
Polish
Polish is a cool Slavic language, spoken primarily in Poland. It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
We are presenting a list of simple words and phrases in Polish to help you show your Slavic coolness.
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March / April 2016
Basic Guide to Hungarian
Basic Guide to
Hungarian
Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language, spoken mainly in Hungary. While it is one of the official languages of the European Union, it is one of the few languages of Europe not part of the Indo-European family. Here...
May / June 2016
Basic Guide to Italian
Basic Guide to
Italian
Italian is a Romance language, spoken mostly in Italy. However, we have adopted many Italian words and phrases into English, specifically those related to food and music.Here are some beginner words and phrases in...
July / August 2016
Basic Guide to Swedish
Basic Guide to
Swedish
Swedish is a Germanic language, spoken mainly in Sweden by about 9 million people. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish.Here are some beginner words and phrases in Swedish for a basic introduction...
September / October 2016
Introducing Southeast Asia in Taiwan
If you have been to Taiwan, you may notice that there are many non-oriental people and foreign restaurants. More than half a million immigrants from more than 160 countries call Taiwan their second home, and nearly 200,000 of them are originally from...
November / December 2016
Basic Guide to Welsh
Basic Guide to
Welsh
Welsh is Celtic languages, spoken natively in Wales by over 3 million residents. It is often very daunting for people to learn it because of the seemingly lack of vowels and difference between spelling and pronunciation.Here...
November / December 2016
Basic Guide to Romanian
Basic Guide to
Romanian
Romanian is a Romance language which is spoken by about 24 million people mainly in Romania and Moldova, where it has official status. It is also one of the official languages of the European Union.Here are some beginner...
January / February 2017
Basic Guide to Croatian
Basic Guide to
Croatian
Croatian is the form of Serbo-Croatian spoken by Croats, mainly in Croatia and former parts of Yugoslavia. This South-Slavic language uses the Latin alphabet and has over 5 million speakers.Here are some beginner...
March / April 2017
Proverbs from the World - Dari (Afghan Persian)
Proverbs from the World:Dari (Afghan Persian)
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs, some of which are very culture related, some instead very universal. In this article there is one of each type. The...
May / June 2017
Basic Guide to French
Basic Guide to
French
French is the second most commonly-taught second language in the world, and considered by many to be the "language of love". It is the most prominent Romance language and a component of most creoles.Here are some beginner...
May / June 2017
Proverbs from the World - Chinese
Proverbs from the World:Chinese
The world is full of languages, which in turn are full of proverbs. Some of them are very culture related, some instead very universal. In this article there is a selection of different types of proverbs....
July / August 2017
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