15 And damage to the brain’s superior temporal gyrus can lead to Wernicke’s aphasia. Patients sound as if they are speaking normally, but what they say makes no sense.
16 In old Westerns, Native Americans often made a sound like “ugh.” This wasn’t a commentary on the plots; it was a naive attempt to reproduce the sound of the glottal stop of many Native American languages, produced by briefly closing the vocal cords during speech.
17 !Say !What? When the Dutch encountered Africa’s Nama people, whose language includes clicking sounds, they dubbed them Hottentots, Dutch for “stuttering.”
18 Really foreign sounds: Spanish Silbo, a whistle language, has only four vowel and four consonant sounds. Audible for miles, it resembles bird calls and is indigenous to—where else?—the Canary Islands.
19 Indian Sign Language is the world’s most widespread silent language, with some 2.7 million users.
20. Another sound of silence: More than one-third of the world’s 6,800 spoken languages are endangered. According to UNESCO, about 200 tongues now have fewer than 10 surviving speakers.
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5 New Things You Didn't Know About... Language
11 At the other end, the longest word recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilic
12 Grüss dich, Dunkelheit, mein alter Freund. Three- to five-day-olds born into French-speaking families tend to cry with the rising intonation characteristic of French; babies with German-speaking parents cry with falling tones, much like spoken German. Infants may start learning language in the womb, it seems.
13 The neural equipment for language development then seems to ripen between birth and age 3. People deprived of language before puberty (due to isolation or abuse, for instance) might later learn a limited supply of words, but they never develop the ability to make meaningful sentences.
14 Other clues about language processing come from damaged brains. People who have sustained an injury to a region called Broca’s area have trouble producing even short phrases, indicating it is critical to speech.
15 And damage to the brain’s superior temporal gyrus can lead to Wernicke’s aphasia. Patients sound as if they are speaking normally, but what they say makes no sense.
12 Grüss dich, Dunkelheit, mein alter Freund. Three- to five-day-olds born into French-speaking families tend to cry with the rising intonation characteristic of French; babies with German-speaking parents cry with falling tones, much like spoken German. Infants may start learning language in the womb, it seems.
13 The neural equipment for language development then seems to ripen between birth and age 3. People deprived of language before puberty (due to isolation or abuse, for instance) might later learn a limited supply of words, but they never develop the ability to make meaningful sentences.
14 Other clues about language processing come from damaged brains. People who have sustained an injury to a region called Broca’s area have trouble producing even short phrases, indicating it is critical to speech.
15 And damage to the brain’s superior temporal gyrus can lead to Wernicke’s aphasia. Patients sound as if they are speaking normally, but what they say makes no sense.
5 Other Things You Didn't Know About... Language
6 But more than 70 percent of all the home pages on the Internet are in English, and more online users speak English than any other language, making it the world’s lingua franca (assuming you consider brb, omg, g2g, and rofl English).
7 Hey, the world will never change—right? English is mandatory for every student in China, starting in third grade. But in America, only 3 percent of elementary schools and 4 percent of secondary schools even offer Chinese.
8 Many science-related English words starting with the letters al—including algebra, alkaline, and algorithm—are derived from Arabic, in which the prefix al just means “the.”
9 This is a legacy of the medieval era, when ancient Greek and Roman knowledge was largely lost in Europe but preserved and advanced among scholars in the Islamic world.
10 Modern technology is making everything smaller, even our words. “Bits of eight” shrank to become byte, “modulate/demodulate” became modem, “picture cell” became pixel, and of course “web log” became blog.
7 Hey, the world will never change—right? English is mandatory for every student in China, starting in third grade. But in America, only 3 percent of elementary schools and 4 percent of secondary schools even offer Chinese.
8 Many science-related English words starting with the letters al—including algebra, alkaline, and algorithm—are derived from Arabic, in which the prefix al just means “the.”
9 This is a legacy of the medieval era, when ancient Greek and Roman knowledge was largely lost in Europe but preserved and advanced among scholars in the Islamic world.
10 Modern technology is making everything smaller, even our words. “Bits of eight” shrank to become byte, “modulate/demodulate” became modem, “picture cell” became pixel, and of course “web log” became blog.
5 Things You Didn't Know About... Language
The one that dominates the Internet, the ones we learn in the womb, and the ones that are whistles
by Dean Christopher
From the November 2010 issue; published online January 21, 2011
1 The voice box sits lower in the throat in humans than it does in other primates, giving us a uniquely large resonating system. That’s why we alone are able to make the wide range of sounds needed for speech
2 That also explains Mariah Carey, Barry White, and Robin Williams.
3 Unfortunately, the placement of our voice box means we can’t breathe and swallow at the same time, as other animals can (choke).
4 Fortunately, the human voice box doesn’t drop until about 9 months, which allows infants to breathe while nursing.
5 Still the one: Mandarin is the long-standing champ among world languages with 845 million native speakers, about 2.5 times as many as English.
by Dean Christopher
From the November 2010 issue; published online January 21, 2011
1 The voice box sits lower in the throat in humans than it does in other primates, giving us a uniquely large resonating system. That’s why we alone are able to make the wide range of sounds needed for speech
2 That also explains Mariah Carey, Barry White, and Robin Williams.
3 Unfortunately, the placement of our voice box means we can’t breathe and swallow at the same time, as other animals can (choke).
4 Fortunately, the human voice box doesn’t drop until about 9 months, which allows infants to breathe while nursing.
5 Still the one: Mandarin is the long-standing champ among world languages with 845 million native speakers, about 2.5 times as many as English.
The Moringa tree is said to contain 90 nutrients and 46 antioxidants
This Moringa tree is very hardy and can easily grow even in harsh climates with poor soil condition. The tree is slender with drooping branches and grows to about 10 meters high. However, under cultivation, the branches are cut back for ease of reach to harvest the leaves and pods.
The Moringa tree is said to contain 90 nutrients and 46 antioxidants. It is reported that by weight per weight, Moringa leaves have 4 times the calcium of milk, 7 times the vitamin C of oranges, 3 times the potassium of bananas, 3 times the iron of spinach, 4 times the vitamin A of carrots, 2 times the protein of yogurt, 4 times the fiber of oats, and as much protein as in eggs.
Whatever they are, it can safely be confirmed that the Moringa tree has more calcium than milk, more vitamin C than oranges, more potassium than bananas, more iron than spinach, more vitamin A than carrots, more protein than yogurt and more fiber than oats.
The Moringa tree is said to contain 90 nutrients and 46 antioxidants. It is reported that by weight per weight, Moringa leaves have 4 times the calcium of milk, 7 times the vitamin C of oranges, 3 times the potassium of bananas, 3 times the iron of spinach, 4 times the vitamin A of carrots, 2 times the protein of yogurt, 4 times the fiber of oats, and as much protein as in eggs.
Whatever they are, it can safely be confirmed that the Moringa tree has more calcium than milk, more vitamin C than oranges, more potassium than bananas, more iron than spinach, more vitamin A than carrots, more protein than yogurt and more fiber than oats.
The Moringa tree of the Himalayas
The Moringa tree is native to the foothills of the Himalayas. There are many other names for the Moringa in different countries. The name Moringa is most certainly derived from the name “Muringa” a Malayalam term, one of the many dialects of India. In India alone there are so many different names for it. In the Philippines it is called Malunggay. It is called kelor in Indonesia, and kalor in Malaysia. The Chinese name is “la mu” (辣木), in Mandarin or “lat mok” in Cantonese, which means “chilli-hot wood”. As the pods are shaped like drum sticks, it is also called drumstick tree. Its roots taste like horseradish, hence also called horseradish tree. Its scientific name is Moringa Oleifera.
Moringa : The Miracle Tree
Moringa : The Miracle Tree
(Known as brede Mouroum in Mauritius)
The Moringa tree is the most nutritious tree on earth! Just imagine; the Moringa tree can supply all the nutritional needs of humans, and provide cures for our many illnesses. The Moringa tree is so potent in nutrition that it is used to combat malnutrition in third world countries. In terms of medicinal value, India's traditional ancient ayurvedic medicine has identified 300 diseases that could be cured with the Moringa leaves. It is no wonder that the Moringa tree is regarded as the Miracle Tree. Other elevated names are “Tree of Life” and “Tree of Paradise”.
(Known as brede Mouroum in Mauritius)
The Moringa tree is the most nutritious tree on earth! Just imagine; the Moringa tree can supply all the nutritional needs of humans, and provide cures for our many illnesses. The Moringa tree is so potent in nutrition that it is used to combat malnutrition in third world countries. In terms of medicinal value, India's traditional ancient ayurvedic medicine has identified 300 diseases that could be cured with the Moringa leaves. It is no wonder that the Moringa tree is regarded as the Miracle Tree. Other elevated names are “Tree of Life” and “Tree of Paradise”.
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