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Roy Allela has a 6-year-old niece who was born deaf and had difficulties communicating with her family, who didn’t know sign language
13 feb 2019 08:58

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language. Roy Allela – a young and ambitious 25-year-old technology enthusiast from Kenya recognized this problem and it paved the way to his newest invention.

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and are facing difficulties when it comes to communicating with people who have no knowledge of sign language.

Tags: audio    gloves    language    roy-allela    sign    signio    smart    speech   
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Map Reveals How Long It Takes To Learn Different Languages
06 dec 2017 11:33

Interested in learning a foreign language, but need one that’s easy and time-efficient to pick up? The Foreign Service Institute has done the handy task of sorting major languages around the world into 5 categories of difficulty according to their differences from English, and Reddit user Fummy has translated that data into a color-coded map to make it all simpler.

Interested in learning a foreign language, but need one that’s easy and time-efficient to pick up? The Foreign Service Institute has done the handy task of sorting major languages around the world...

Tags: category    data    language    learning    map    world   
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This Amazing Tree That Shows How Languages Are Connected Will Change The Way You See Our World
25 sep 2017 09:28

Did you know that most of the different languages we speak today can actually be placed in only a couple of groups by their origin? This is what illustrator Minna Sundberg has captured in an elegant infographic of a linguistic tree which reveals some fascinating links between different tongues.

Did you know that most of the different languages we speak today can actually be placed in only a couple of groups by their origin?

Tags: group    illustration    interesting    language    origin    tree    world   
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Neighbourhood Learns Sign Language To Surprise Deaf Neighbor
10 mar 2015 14:50

Muharrem, a deaf man living in Istanbul, just received a huge surprise when, one morning, everyone he bumped into in his neighborhood responded to him with sign language! A team of people from Samsung and the Leo Burnett ad agency spent a month setting up cameras and teaching people throughout his neighborhood sign language. On the appointed day, Ozlem went for a walk with her deaf brother, who was stunned to meet so many signing people in a world where those who can communicate in sign are...

Muharrem, a deaf man living in Istanbul, just received a huge surprise when, one morning, everyone he bumped into in his neighborhood responded to him with sign language!

Tags: deaf    language    sigh    surprise   
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British people hate the way Americans say...
06 mar 2014 14:25

Differences between British and American English

Differences between British and American English

Tags: america    britain    language   
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T-Shirts Lost In Translation
05 sep 2013 13:43

This is a series called English (Emphasis on “ISH”). It features t-shirts being sold in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district, all of which contain a nugget of truth, like “Money is like much not not,” “SORRY Probably, he is smart?” and “Anyone asks donkey is feel better.” None of which makes any damn sense. Okay, except the one that says Detroit Murder City. That… is probably the most accurate description possible. The pics were actually taken by my big brother’s childhood best friend’s friend, Alan. I hope he bought all of them. If he didn’t, well, Alan? You f***ed up. HARD. Send me a souvenir?

This is a series called English (Emphasis on “ISH”). It features t-shirts being sold in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district, all of which contain a nugget of truth, like “Money is like much not not, ...

Tags: cool    funny    hilarious    language    spelling    style    t-shirt   
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What “trash” and “garbage” meant before they were synonyms
02 sep 2013 10:41

For many English speakers, the words “trash” and “garbage” are virtually interchangeable. If there’s a difference at all, it’s a subtle one rather than the words having completely different definitions. But that wasn’t always the case…

For many English speakers, the words “trash” and “garbage” are virtually interchangeable. If there’s a difference at all, ...

Tags: difference    fact    garbage    interesting    language    meaning    trash    words   
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11 Words With No English Translation
28 aug 2013 13:27

The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years deconstructing it, taking it apart letter by letter, and trying to figure out why there are so many feelings and ideas that we cannot even put words to, and that our languages cannot identify. The idea that words cannot always say everything has been written about extensively - as Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon the absolute truth.

The relationship between words and their meaning is a fascinating one, and linguists have spent countless years deconstructing it, taking it apart letter by letter, ...

Tags: fact    interesting    language    linguistics    trnslation    woed   
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