Today is the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation – Holocaust Memorial Day – see a past Exhibition presented by HKTTC and Spear Translation at PolyU in Hong Kong.
The 4 Earliest Civilizations
The cradle of civilization refers to countries or places that saw the birth of the earliest civilization, i.e. ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient China and ancient India, sometimes ancient Greece is also included.
Hindi – World’s second most spoken language
Hindi language is one of the two official language of India and is spoken by the Hindustan.
Nepali – Indian language spoken in Nepal
Nepali is an Indian language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, India and Myanmar. Being the official language of Nepal, Nepali is spoken by around half of the Nepalese as their native language while the rest learn it as their second language.
Sino-Tibetan languages – Burmese
Burmese is a phonetic language with a total of 33 consonants, which form a syllable with a vowel. Burmese has four tones and is the official language of Brunei spoken by 28 million people. Yangon is the modern Burmese which uses Yangon pronunciation as the standard pronunciation. The written form is characterized by its round shape.
Chinese Characters – One of the four oldest writing systems in the world
Chinese characters are one of the four oldest writing systems in the world, among which only Chinese characters are still currently in use.
Language reflects “soft power”
India has been putting effort in raising the position of Hindi, which is firstly related to her dream of “superpower”. It is commonly accepted that language is a kind of soft power, exhibiting its huge influence imperceptibly.
First invented in 1283 by King Ramkhamhaeng, Thai
Thai, formerly called Siamese, is the official language of Thailand. It is currently used by about 50 million people.
Residents living on riverside – Tagalog
Filipino (Tagalog) is mainly used in the Philippines and is also widely used in Sabah of Malaysia, the Northern region of Indonesia and Singapore.
Originated from Ancient Chinese – Cantonese
Cantonese is a tone language in the Sinitic languages under the family of Sino-Tibetan languages. It is distributed in the regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau.