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Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they?

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Old 2004-09-15 15:50
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«Agur, maite ditugun Asaben erriak Agur, ikusten diran Ekandu garbiak; Agur, jaioterriko
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Old 2004-09-16 18:12
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Basque is a language isolate, so it's unrelated to any other language. Some linguists claim it's related to Finno-Ugric languages and others allege it bears resemblance to Caucasian languages. But...
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Old 2004-09-16 23:31
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It just lists it as a language spoken in France. I don't think it has much to with Breton... But if you're so sure, care to name the language group it belongs to?
 
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