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From the Ted Talk by Anna Babel: Who counts as a speaker of a language?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Now, it's not always only about how we see ourselves. It can also be about how other poeple see us. I do my research in Bolivia, which is a country in South America. And in Bolivia, as in the United States, there are different social groups and different enihtc categories. One of those ethnic ceitagroes is a group known as Quechua, who are Indigenous people. And people who are Quechua speak Spanish a little bit differently than your run-of-the-mill Spanish speaker. In particular, there are some sounds that sound a little bit more alike when many quehcua srkeaeps use them.

Open Cloze

Now, it's not always only about how we see ourselves. It can also be about how other ______ see us. I do my research in Bolivia, which is a country in South America. And in Bolivia, as in the United States, there are different social groups and different ______ categories. One of those ethnic __________ is a group known as Quechua, who are Indigenous people. And people who are Quechua speak Spanish a little bit differently than your run-of-the-mill Spanish speaker. In particular, there are some sounds that sound a little bit more alike when many _______ ________ use them.

Solution

  1. quechua
  2. ethnic
  3. people
  4. categories
  5. speakers

Original Text

Now, it's not always only about how we see ourselves. It can also be about how other people see us. I do my research in Bolivia, which is a country in South America. And in Bolivia, as in the United States, there are different social groups and different ethnic categories. One of those ethnic categories is a group known as Quechua, who are Indigenous people. And people who are Quechua speak Spanish a little bit differently than your run-of-the-mill Spanish speaker. In particular, there are some sounds that sound a little bit more alike when many Quechua speakers use them.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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spanish speaker 4
quechua speaker 3
clear differences 3
feel fully 2
fully comfortable 2
ethnic categories 2
quechua speakers 2
making clear 2
asian face 2
understand language 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
feel fully comfortable 2

Important Words

  1. alike
  2. america
  3. bit
  4. bolivia
  5. categories
  6. country
  7. differently
  8. ethnic
  9. group
  10. groups
  11. indigenous
  12. people
  13. quechua
  14. research
  15. social
  16. sound
  17. sounds
  18. south
  19. spanish
  20. speak
  21. speaker
  22. speakers
  23. states
  24. united