Sentence examples for has been a language from inspiring English sources

English has been a language of occupiers and imperialists, but also one of insurgents and democrats.

In "So Vast the Prison," Ms. Djebar writes: "All that he has is a language whose beauty warms him and that he uses to enlighten the enemies of yesterday who are now his allies.

The problem could have been a language barrier.

Mr. Quinones had been a language teacher, principal and administrator for 27 years in the city school system when he became chancellor in 1984.

Many immigrants, who had watched the trial closely, said the officers should have taken into account that there may have been a language barrier.

Romansh, the standard language of Graubünden canton, has been a national language in Switzerland, used for cantonal but not federal purposes, since 1938.

Since the October Revolution of 1917, Kabardian has been a written language.

Greek, despite its numerous dialects, has been a single language throughout its history.

Persian has been a literary language since the 9th century, and there is an increasing awareness of the continuity of its literary tradition with the earlier periods.

The highly variegated picture of Modern Armenian consonants seems to corroborate the idea that Armenian has been a "shift" language from its very beginning.

Czech continued to evolve and gain in regional importance for hundreds of years, and has been a literary language in the Slovak lands since the early fifteenth century.