Historically, languages were propelled by nation states willing to reinforce their power.
Historically, languages have been used as excuses to discriminate, and many tongues have been looked down upon, abused, proscribed and even banned.
Historically, French language and culture have dominated Belgium and Dutch speakers once suffered discrimination, a fact that overshadows relations between the country's two main groups.
Historically, French language and culture were dominant in Belgium, and Dutch speakers once suffered discrimination, a fact that scarred relations between the country's two main communities.
I look to you to lead the way in revaluing the billion and cutting these (American) Internet "billionaires" down to size at the same time.DECLAN O'RIORDANDisley, CheshireSIR May I suggest The Economist bears the standard of historically correct language and refrains from using the word Gallic for French ("The return of the Anglo-Saxons", May 6th)?
Historically, programming languages have had a tradeoff: you can have a language which is safe, but you give up control, or you can have a language with control, but it is unsafe.
This group constitutes the Romance subfamily of languages and is an example of how, as the result of linguistic change over a wide area, a group of distinct, though historically related, languages comes into being.
Historically, Malay-language works by ethnic Chinese authors centred on Chinese characters, to the point that terms such as tanah-air (homeland) were often understood to mean mainland China, rather than the Malay Archipelago or Dutch East Indies.
Historically, the Georgian language was written in three scripts.
He sometimes referred to Zionists as "Draculas" or "vampires," using demonizing language historically associated with anti-Semitism.
