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... language of Ethiopia . Both Ge'ez and the related languages of Ethiopia are writ- ten and read from left to right , in contrast to the other Semitic languages . Extinct as a vernacular language , Ge'ez is the ancestor of the modern ...
... language of Ethiopia . Both Ge'ez and the related languages of Ethiopia are writ- ten and read from left to right , in contrast to the other Semitic languages . Extinct as a vernacular language , Ge'ez is the ancestor of the modern ...
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... languages : English , Frisian , Netherlandic , Afrikaans , Ger- man , and Yiddish . English ranks second to- day among the world's languages in number of native speakers ( after Chinese ) and is the world's most widely used second language ...
... languages : English , Frisian , Netherlandic , Afrikaans , Ger- man , and Yiddish . English ranks second to- day among the world's languages in number of native speakers ( after Chinese ) and is the world's most widely used second language ...
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... languages . During the 19th and early 20th centuries the historical point of view flourished . Scholars who realized that every living language was in a constant state of flux studied all types of written records of modern European ...
... languages . During the 19th and early 20th centuries the historical point of view flourished . Scholars who realized that every living language was in a constant state of flux studied all types of written records of modern European ...
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