There is a need among Indigenous groups to maintain the culture and heritage of a traditional language.
The nature of "the modern" in the context of Arabic literary history involves twin processes: first, renewed contacts with the Western world, something that was considerably accelerated by European imperial incursions during the 19th century, and, second, a renewed interest in the classical heritage of the Arabic language and Islam.
This particular route offers a telling snapshot of my cross-linguistic, socio-psychological research trip to study the intricacies of the Georgian national identity in correlation with the cultural and political post-Soviet heritage of the Russian language.
The Spanish treated all natives as "Indians" regardless of language, heritage, or how Native Americans themselves viewed their relationships with other indigenous populations (see Bushnell 1990).
"If re-elected, I will put to the Australian people within 18 months a referendum to formally recognize indigenous Australians in our Constitution, their history as the first inhabitants of our country, their unique heritage of culture and languages and their special, though not separate, place within a reconciled, indivisible nation," he told an audience at the center-right Sydney Institute.
The aim of Ithkuil is to be both as precise and as concise as possible, in order to eliminate, to the maximum degree, the "ambiguity, vagueness, illogic, redundancy, polysemy (multiple meanings)" that form the unplanned evolutionary heritage of all natural languages.
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It feels too nonchalant, somehow, too lacking in respect for the rich heritage and language of such attire.
There is little argument that the fugue of language and heritage that is The Way Things Were is a substantive contribution to new writing from the subcontinent.
Though proud of their heritage in language and culture, many now speak openly of emigration, and fading memories of citizens standing together with leaders to throw off Soviet domination 19 years ago only accentuate the alienation.
