1. Persian insult: In a recent speech the President of Iran, Muhamoud Ahmadinejad, used a phrase meaning “the boogeyman snatched the boob” aimed at the USA. Stating that they were standing up for themselves so deal with it. He was trying to play towards the religious rural communities.
2. Inuit language: This is the language of the people of the northern most settled population of the world. Yet this language may be lost, since it is not studied by many scholars and the melting of the polar icecaps is threatening the area in which the Inuit people live. However, one scholar, Stephen Leonard, is spending near a year in Greenland to help learn the language and culture of the Inuit people.
3. Foreign language movies: In this article sources state that foreign films are decreasing in popularity. In the past some foreign films have earned over $50million, now the standards have dropped, a successful foreign film will now only earn about $1million. The viewer’s attention is also harder to keep because it is in a different language.
4. Urdu: Urdu is a language where the same word means “go straight” and “turn right”. To add to the confusion the words “tomorrow” and “yesterday” are the same. Some people of this language say this is the reason they are always late. Yet, in context, these terms are less confusing because the verb forms used in the sentence.
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