Why forty-two languages have the same word for "pineapple"
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Greenlandic MP refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language
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The tiny US island with a British accent
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On language discrimination within Ukraine
@Voytsekhovskyi: A thread about why many Ukrainians speak Russian and why it was not actually their choice but rather consequences of about 400-year #RussianColonialism. Today we'll review just some examples of how Russia methodically was banning 🇺🇦language and forcing Ukrainians to forget it. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/HIuxrLFdpc
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