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Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity and a point of pride in the Basse-Ville of Fribourg.
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Kata Kolok, literally meaning ‘deaf talk’ in Indonesian, is a unique sign language that’s the primary means of communication for just 44 people on the entire planet.
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Danes, often hailed as some of the happiest people on Earth, love nothing more than to hygge. But what do they do then when things aren’t so cosy? They say the magical word: ‘pyt’.
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A mix of Arabic and ancient Aramaic, the Sanna language is only spoken in the village of Kormakitis, Cyprus, and is considered ‘severely endangered’ by Unesco.
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The Chinese fascination with numbers – and how much they are part of both online and offline lives – is a societal quirk that baffles long-term tourists and expats alike.
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After a childhood spent following her father to France, a solo traveller searches for her own French identity in Québec.
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For a country so famous for its big stuff, Brazil can, in a funny way, be thought of as the land of the tiny. Practically no word is immune from diminution.
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The legacy of a 15th-Century noblewoman lives on in the form of collective nouns used to describe groups of animals across the world.
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