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Why Learn Umbundu?

Umbundu is the most widely spoken indigenous language of Angola, with around 7 million speakers. It is spoken by the Ovimbundu, who constitute around a third of the country's population. Most speakers live in the Central Highlands and the coastal region to their west, but there are also large communities in the capital, Luanda.

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Why Learn Wolof?

Wolof is spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania. It is part of the Senegambian branch of the Niger-Congo language family, but unlike many of the Niger-Congo languages, it is not tonal. Although Wolof is the mother tongue of around 40 percent of Senegal’s population, it is the most widely spoken language in the country, as most Senegalese speak it as a second language.

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Why Learn Taíno?

Prior to the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, Taíno was the most widely spoken language in the Caribbean. It’s a language from the Arawakan family, and is thought to have had two main dialects - Classic (Eastern) Taíno and Ciboney (Western) Taíno. The modern variant of Taíno is known as Taíno-Borikenaíki, or Taínoaíki, and was reconstructed by Puerto Rican linguist Javier A. Hernández.

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Why Learn Irish?

Irish is spoken as a first language by an estimated 170,000 people, although more than a million have some knowledge of it. Centuries of invasion, occupation, and persecution at the hands of the English have led to a significant fall in the number of people who speak Irish as a first language, but the advent of the internet and national Irish television and radio has breathed new life into the language, with many now seeking to reconnect with this crucial part of Irish culture.

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