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Sierra Leone Krio is the lingua franca and the de facto national language spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Krio is spoken by 97% of Sierra Leone’s […]

Lisu (Lisu: ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ; Burmese: လီဆူ ဘာသာစကား pronounced: [lìsʰú bàðà zəɡá]) is a tonal Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Yunnan (southwestern China) northern Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand and a small […]

Lusitanian (so named after the Lusitani or Lusitanians) was a Paleohispanic language that apparently belonged to the Indo-European family. There has been support for either a connection with the ancient […]

The Cinema of Greece has a long and rich history. Though hampered at times by war political instability and a hostile Greek government the Greek film industry dominates the domestic […]

Adai (also Adaizan Adaizi Adaise Adahi Adaes Adees Atayos) is an extinct language that was spoken in northwestern Louisiana. It is very poorly documented being known only from a list […]

Alsea or Alsean (also Yakonan) was two closely related speech varieties spoken along the central Oregon coast. They are sometimes taken to be different languages but it is difficult to […]

Nigerian Pidgin is an English-based pidgin and creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is commonly referred to as Pidgin or Brokin. It is distinguished from […]

The Ch’orti’ language (sometimes also Chorti) is a Mayan language spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Ch’orti’ or Ch’orti’ Maya. Ch’orti’ is a direct […]

Garza is an extinct Comecrudan language of Texas and Mexico. It is known from two tribal names and twenty-one words recorded from the chief of the Garza by Berlandier in […]

Comecrudo is an extinct Comecrudan language of Mexico. The name Comecrudo is Spanish for eat-raw; Carrizo is Spanish for reed. It was best recorded in a list of 148 words […]