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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
- quechua
- ethnic
- people
- categories
- 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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social categories |
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speak spanish |
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quechua speaker |
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clear differences |
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feel fully |
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fully comfortable |
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ethnic categories |
2 |
quechua speakers |
2 |
making clear |
2 |
asian face |
2 |
understand language |
2 |
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feel fully comfortable |
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Important Words
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- america
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- bolivia
- categories
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- differently
- ethnic
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- groups
- indigenous
- people
- quechua
- research
- social
- sound
- sounds
- south
- spanish
- speak
- speaker
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- states
- united