A simple route to appreciate other languages and cultures is to explore how your own language and culture have been influenced by other cultures. To help you do this, take a few minutes and discuss in Spanish (1-2 paragraphs) aspects your culture has borrowed from Spanish culture or influences of Spanish speaking culture in your own. (For example, you might write about the influence of Latin cuisine, music and dance on lifestyle, and practices in the U. S.).

What was ironic about the fact that it was the Navajo language that the code was based on? A) There were many Japanese code breakers that spoke the Navajo language B) Native American people faced prison time for speaking their own language rather than

The number of years, N(r), since two independently evolving languages split off from a common ancestral language is approximated by N(r)= -5000 1n r, where r is the proportion of the words from the ancestral language that is common to both languages now.

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