Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages;...
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languages spoken by the Wa people Walloon language (ISO 639 language code wa) Wa (Japan) (和), an old Chinese name for Japan Wa Land, the natural and historical...
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of the Wa, as well as their lifestyle, are very similar to those of the Naga people further to the Northwest. The Wa people speak the Wa language which...
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Wa is derived from the Wa ethnic group, who speak an Austroasiatic language. For a long time,[timeframe?] headman tribes were dispersed around the Wa...
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the Wa language is a "recognized national language" in the de facto autonomous Wa State within Myanmar. Santali is one of the 22 scheduled languages of...
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Kwavi dialect (redirect from Wa-Kwavi language)
African Studies, 1994, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 117–162 Karsten Legère. 2002. The "Languages of Tanzania" Project: background, resources and perspectives. Africa and...
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watashi is hidden under wa. Note: The subtle difference between wa and ga in Japanese cannot be derived from the English language as such, because the distinction...
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The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as...
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As-salamu alaykum (redirect from Wa 'alaikumus salam)
salutation in other languages as well. The typical response to the greeting is wa ʿalaykumu s-salām (وَعَلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَامُ, Arabic: [wa ʕa.laj.kum mus.sa...
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native language, such as in Nairobi. In non-native Swahili, concord reflects only animacy: human subjects and objects trigger a-, wa- and m-, wa- in verbal...
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Arabic: إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ, ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūna), also known as Istirja...
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A-WA (Arabic for Yes) is an Israeli band made up of the three sisters Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim. Their single "Habib Galbi" (Love of My Heart) became...
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hot" Example of the use of wicha- wa-kte 0-I-kill wa-kte 0-I-kill "I kill him" wicha-wa-kte them-I-kill wicha-wa-kte them-I-kill "I kill them" Infixes...
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Washoe people (redirect from Wá:šiw)
preferred by themselves) is derived from the autonym Waashiw (wa·šiw or wá:šiw) in the Washo language or from Wašišiw (waší:šiw), the plural form of wašiw. Washoe...
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Wa ʿalaykumu s-salam (وَعَلَيْكُم ٱلسَّلَامُ) is an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world translating to "and upon you be peace". It is...
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Awa (redirect from Awa language)
Ecuador Wa people, a Southeast Asian ethnicity in Myanmar, China, and Thailand, mostly on the Awa mountain range Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) language, language...
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Chavula and others (2018). Mung'anamulira mazgo wa Citumbuka (Citumbuka dictionary). Centre for Language Studies, University of Malawi. ISBN 978-99960-9-610-5...
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other Northwest Caucasian languages. Vocative Affixes Although there is no special vocative declension, the prefix уа- (wa-), when attached to a noun...
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Southwestern Mandarin (redirect from Southwestern Chinese Mandarin Chinese language)
one of two official languages of the Wa State, an unrecognized autonomous state within Myanmar, alongside the Wa language. Because Wa has no written form...
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Decolonising the Mind (redirect from Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature)
the Politics of Language in African Literature (Heinemann Educational, 1986), by the Kenyan novelist and post-colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, is a...
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Wa (hiragana: わ, katakana: ワ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. The combination of a W-column kana letter with わ゙ in hiragana...
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Kalīla wa-Dimna or Kelileh o Demneh (Persian: کلیله و دمنه) is a collection of fables. The book consists of fifteen chapters containing many fables whose...
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represents [jaː], ⟨и⟩ [jə] or [əj], ⟨о⟩ [wɐ] or [ɐw], ⟨у⟩ represent [wə] or [əw], and ⟨е⟩ represents [jɐ] or [ɐj]. The language of Adyghe is officially written...
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T – te – [t] U – u – [u] W – wa – [w] Y – ye – [j] Z – ze – [z] kh – [ɣ] (used for loanwords from other African languages) -n – nasalises vowel sh – she...
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Yakuza Fiancé (redirect from Raise wa Tanin ga Ī)
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii (Japanese: 来世は他人がいい, Hepburn: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii, lit. "I'd Rather Have Someone Else in the Next Life") is a Japanese...
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The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (/ˈsɪksəkə/ SIK-sə-kə; Blackfoot: [sɪksiká], ᓱᖽᐧᖿ) is an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or Niitsitapi...
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"National Languages" in 2019. In Wa State, Mandarin Chinese is de facto the official language, even though the government tries to promote the use of Wa. This...
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Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages are a group of nearly 30 Austroasiatic languages, with scholars disagreeing on exactly which languages to include in the...
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Mah-har Pah-vah-hā Wah-chah-kav-e-ah Wa-ha's-wah-chah Mah-ha'hr-kav-e-ah Wa-hās-mah-hah'r Wa-hā's-mah-hah'r-koi-po-koo Wa-hā's-mah-hah'r-koi-wěh-hā grizzly...
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