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  2. As-salamu alaykum - Wikipedia

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    salamu alaykum written in the Thuluth style of Arabic calligraphy. As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, as-salāmu ʿalaykum, Arabic: [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ⓘ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'.

  3. Metathesis (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The Old English beorht "bright" underwent metathesis to bryht, which became Modern English bright. The Old English þrēo "three" formed þridda "thrid" and þrēotene "thriteen". These underwent metathesis to forms which became Modern English third and thirteen. The Old English verb wyrċan "to work" had the passive participle ġeworht "worked".

  4. Help:IPA/Swahili - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Swahili on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Swahili in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  5. Duolingo - Wikipedia

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    Duolingo, Inc., [b] is an American educational technology company that produces learning apps and provides language certification.Duolingo offers courses on music, [5] math, [6] and 43 languages, [7] ranging from English, French, and Spanish to less commonly studied languages such as Welsh, Irish, and Navajo. [8]

  6. Dashiki - Wikipedia

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    A musician in Ghana, dressed in a dashiki. The dashiki is a colorful garment that covers the top half of the body, worn mostly in West Africa. [1] It has formal and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored suits.

  7. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    Swahili; English; Swahili Thailand: 1 Central Thai: ... English; Spanish; Uruguay: 2 ... although there are no precise inclusion criteria or definition of a language ...

  8. Mzungu - Wikipedia

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    Mzungu (pronounced [m̩ˈzuŋɡu]), also known as muzungu, mlungu, musungu or musongo, is a Bantu word that means "wanderer" originally pertaining to the first European explorers to the East African region whom the local tribes thought were traveling aimlessly with no goals to settle, conquer or trade, like restless spirits - the initial explorers who unbeknownst to the local tribes, were ...

  9. Indo-European languages - Wikipedia

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    Each original consonant shifted one position to the right. For example, original dʰ became d, while original d became t and original t became θ (written th in English). This is the original source of the English sounds written f, th, h and wh. Examples, comparing English with Latin, where the sounds largely remain unshifted: