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10 of the Coolest Untranslatable Words From Around the World
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10 of the Coolest Untranslatable Words From Around the World

There are some words in different languages that are difficult, if not impossible, to translate into another language without losing some of their meaning.

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The Amazing Lesser Known Languages of the Middle East
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The Amazing Lesser Known Languages of the Middle East

The Middle East is made up of numerous languages, filled with important culture and history. With globalization, many of these are now endangered.

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The Best 2023 Foreign Language Content to Stream
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The Best 2023 Foreign Language Content to Stream

2022 was a great year for non-English entertainment, but 2023 may be even better for streaming content. Let’s look at a few shows and movies that are sure to impress this year.

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The Strange and Amazing Origins of Popular Southern Expressions
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The Strange and Amazing Origins of Popular Southern Expressions

Southern slang is a great example of how unique subsets of a language can be, and how language can evolve and grow.

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The Keres Language: A Language Family Fighting for Survival
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The Keres Language: A Language Family Fighting for Survival

After hundreds of years of colonization and with languages disappearing around the world due to globalization, Keresan has an uphill battle to survive. However, there have been promising movements to preserve Native American languages in recent years.

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The Languages that Rule the Internet and Why Translation Can Help
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The Languages that Rule the Internet and Why Translation Can Help

Though English still dominates the internet, other languages are also widely used and should be targeted for translation and localization.

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Extinct Languages: The Languages We Have Lost in the 21st Century
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Extinct Languages: The Languages We Have Lost in the 21st Century

Did you know 42% of all known languages that exist today are endangered? Unfortunately, we have already lost dozens of languages to extinction in this young century. Here are just a few that we believe should be remembered.

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What Foreign Language Content to Stream in 2022
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What Foreign Language Content to Stream in 2022

The opportunity to access non-English content will only grow in 2022. Here are some of the shows and movies we are most looking forward to viewing on streaming platforms this year.

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The Seri Language: Recent Growth Against the Odds
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The Seri Language: Recent Growth Against the Odds

In contrast to most languages with few speakers, the Seri language has actually grown over the last century. While there were believed to be just 200 Seri people in the 1920s, as of 2015 it is estimated that there are between 600 and 1,000 native speakers.

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Dialects of Sign Language: Black ASL
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Dialects of Sign Language: Black ASL

With many ignorant of the fact that separate forms of sign language exist in different countries, there’s even less education on the different dialects that populate specific sign language families.

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