The Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Department of Harvard University has recently announced that it is offering a course for its students to learn the Sorani dialect of the Kurdish language.
Author: akademyy (Naw Paşnaw)
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May 22 marks Kurdish manuscript day
“Despite the lack of an official institution in the Kurdistan Region to collect manuscripts, the Sulaimani Endowment Library has more than 3,000 manuscripts,” he added.
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Language, Culture and Identity: Kurds and Kurdish Through the Lens of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, or linguistic relativity, has fascinated linguists, anthropologists, and psychologists for decades. It holds that the structure of a language influences the cognition, worldview, and even culture of its speakers. Although the underlying concept that language influences thought is controversial among scholars, it continues to provide an interesting framework for analyzing different languages. In this column, I will look at the Kurdish language through the lens of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and explore how the unique features of the Kurdish language might shape the thoughts and perceptions of its speakers.
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Arabic is one of the five most-spoken second languages in the U.S.
The number of people in the United States who speak a language other than English at home tripled between 1980 and 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Almost 68 million people who live in the U.S. — about 1 in 5 — speak a second language at home. That number was 23 million in 1980....
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An Iftar with earthquake victims from Akademy
On 26.03.2023, at the Teachers’ House in Iskele, a iftar was given for the victims of the earthquake in Van. Like many other cities, there are many earthquake victims in Van too. From the first day of the earthquake until today, the people of Van are doing everything possible for these victims. As an Academy,...
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“Kurdish culture is in my all works”
Kurdish painter Ali Osman Yanak started drawing when he was 10-12 years old. He grew up in a family that related to arts, and his drawing journey started at high school. Ali Osman says that drawing has always been part of his life. His older brother is also a painter. When his brother was drawing his paintings,...
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Prove Your English Skill Speaking
Prove Your English Skill Speaking B1 – B2 (From https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/)
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Prove Your English Skill Grammar and Listening
Prove Your English Skill Grammar and Listening A1 – A2 (From https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/)
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Cambridge English qualifications
Yale, Carnegie Mellon and Vanderbilt: more top US universities accept Cambridge English qualifications
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Meet Kurdistan’s Queen of Winemaking
Fakhria Elia has been making wine for almost 50 years, and it is sold at the family’s liquor store in Shaqlawa, Iraqi Kurdistan.
