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Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...
Sinhala idioms (Sinhala: රූඩි, rūḍi) and colloquial expressions that are widely used to communicate figuratively, as with any other developed language.This page also contains a list of old and popular Sinhala proverbs, which are known as prastā piruḷu (ප්රස්තා පිරුළු) in Sinhala.
[20] [21] In 2008 he started a free internet version of it, the first online English–Sinhala dictionary. [22] [23] Kulatunga later admitted that he had infringed the copyright of the Malalasekera English–Sinhala dictionary in creating his software, but he said in 2015 that he no longer infringed on copyrights.
Most languages/cultures have a popular set of such animals references used for this purpose. Each animal represents a particular set of characteristics which can be positive or negative. Referencing people with the word for a "dirty" animal like a pig has negative connotation; likewise, a reference to a strong animal like "lion" has a positive one.
Mumu, a French film; Mumu (computer worm) (or Muma), isolated in 2003; Mumu (or momo), a ghost or monster in Philippine mythology; The UK band The KLF were previously known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu; Moo-Moo, a chain of buffet restaurants in Moscow, Russia; Mumu or Muma is the Old Irish for the province of Munster
Mummu (Cuneiform: 𒀭𒈬𒌝𒈬, d mu-um-mu; [2] logographically 𒀭𒌣, d DÉ [3]) was a Mesopotamian god.His name is presumed to be derived from the Akkadian word mummu, "creative force".
Rainmaking rod used by Mumuye. The Mumuye are people of the Taraba State, Nigeria.They speak the Mumuye language.They constitute the largest tribal group in Taraba State of Nigeria and form the predominant tribes found in Zing, Yorro, Jalingo, Ardo-Kola, Lau, Gassol, Bali and Gashaka, all of which are local government areas of the state.
Mumuye is by far the most populous of the Adamawa languages.It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria.It is classified in the Leko–Nimbari branch of Savanna languages, as Adamawa is no longer considered a valid family.