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Don't kill your language

Suzanne Talhouk · TED

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About

More and more, English is a global language; speaking it is perceived as a sign of being modern. But -- what do we lose when we leave behind our mother tongues? Suzanne Talhouk makes an impassioned case to love your own language, and to cherish what it can express that no other language can. In Arabic with subtitles.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxBeirut
Speaker
Suzanne Talhouk
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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