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Mit'a (Quechua pronunciation: [ˈmɪˌtʼa]) [1] [2] was mandatory service in the society of the Inca Empire. Its close relative, the regionally mandatory Minka is still in use in Quechua communities today and known as faena in Spanish. Mit'a was effectively a form of tribute to the Inca government in the form of labor, i.e. a corvée.
Many small independent nations' schoolchildren are today compelled to learn multiple languages because of international interactions. [17] For example, in Finland, all children are required to learn at least three languages: the two national languages (Finnish and Swedish) and one foreign language (usually English).
Education in India follows the three-language formula, in which children are taught English (or the medium of instruction in the school, grades 1–12) as the first language. The second language (grades 1–10) is the official language of the state (In most non-Hindi states) or Hindi (in the others); in a few states, some schools offer a choice ...
As the number of people who speak one of 200-plus languages other than English at home increases in this country, so do the job opportunities for interpreters and translators. ... Need help? Call ...
Duolingo Inc. [b] is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification.Duolingo offers courses on 43 languages, [5] ranging from English, French, and Spanish to less commonly studied languages such as Welsh, Irish, and Navajo, and even constructed languages such as Klingon. [6]
Code-switching is different from plurilingualism in that plurilingualism refers to the ability of an individual to use multiple languages, [1] while code-switching is the act of using multiple languages together. Multilinguals (speakers of
One NFL team's playoff clinching scenario is already off the table for Week 15, but several others still have a path to seal a spot on Sunday.
Their acceptance, however, is limited and their use in liturgy avoided due to claims of inaccurate translations in key passages for Catholics like Luke 1:26-38, 40–45; John 20:22-23; 21:15-17. In 2010 the Conference of Spanish Bishops published an official version of the Holy Bible in Spanish for liturgical and catechetical use.