Today is United Nations Did you know that we hold a collection of books in Arabic? We even have some new children's books in Arabic. To check them out, go to:

https://t.co/hq6rJG4U5z

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'Unsex', 'fiendlike', 'stealthy', 'assassination', 'compunctious'. Shakespeare coins an extraordinary number of words in Macbeth.

Celebrate with this brilliant piece by David Crystal exploring linguistic innovation: https://t.co/HnuBeOua2v

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We're teaming up with to promote Nubian languages, starting with type design! This we’d like to show you Faras and Sawarda, two typefaces for modern languages based on the Old Nubian manuscript tradition. (1/6)

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👇 How to figure out what European language you are reading!

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April 23 is the United Nations' English Day. It was Shakespeare's birthday, and many of his words and phrases were said to have had a significant impact on the subsequent English culture. Today I will tweet in English all day.



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Today is so let's celebrate some award-winning Chinese language picture books. These are the winners from last year’s Feng Zikai Picture Book awards: https://t.co/1UUnywAITJ (For titles, authors & illustrators, pls see image tags) 😍

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21 Feb was declared as the by UNESCO in 1999,
in tribute to the Language Movement done by the Bangladeshis (then the East Pakistanis): on Feb 21, 1952, several Beng. students were killed by Pakist. police while protesting.

https://t.co/0nZWHbst5b

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Happy !

Great map showing the world's most common languages and where they are spoken.

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All the World Languages in One Visualization

Created by Minna Sundberg

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🗓️ June 6, Alexander turns 220 years young!

This day has a special place in the Russian literary calendar, as the birthday of the country’s greatest poet and

ℹ️ Read more:
https://t.co/prTICDjwzy

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To celebrate the 's we want to hear from you! Share a book or reading-related vocabulary word from your mother language, and we'll feature some on our website for other readers to learn.

Submit yours: https://t.co/vxwUFRZBeY

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I'm celebrating International Mother Language Day as a member of , an international organisation for artists

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I'm celebrating International Mother Language Day as a member of , an international organisation for artists - such an amazing & collaborative group of creative people sharing everything art can bring across the world!

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Happy ! Let's celebrate all of our many languages today. And if that's not enough, you can always invent your own!

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Try our interactive game to learn Cantonese & explore our Chinese collection. https://t.co/5NyyggPnCx

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