I want to research and document some of the first language backgrounds of my students:
Somali, Tigrinya, Tigre and
Blin. I've added an article on
Languages of Eritrea.
I studied Linguistics at university. I speak the following languages to a greater or lesser extent: English, French, Flemish (Dutch), German,
Hungarian and Mandarin Chinese. I have also studied Latin, Greek and Hebrew. A good friend of mine is from Ghana, a native speaker of
Ga, so I am currently learning a little of that. I've added an article on
Languages of Ghana.
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Pronunciation of name: ({{Pron-en|ˈbɝːmɪŋəm}})
Pronunciation of name with audio: ({{Pron-en|ˈbɝːmɪŋəm}}, {{Audio|en-uk-Birmingham.ogg|listen}})
Pronunciation of name with respelling: ({{Pron-en|ˈbɝːmɪŋəm}}, {{Respell|BəR|ming-əm}})
Pronunciation of name with respelling and audio: ({{Pron-en|ˈbɝːmɪŋəm}}, {{Respell|BəR|ming-əm}}, {{Audio|en-uk-Birmingham.ogg|listen}})
Alternative pronunciation: or {{IPAlink-en|'kɑrlaɪl}}
<ref>{{cite book |title= Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary |editor1-last= Roach |editor1-first= Peter |editor2-last= Hartman |editor2-first= James |editor3-last= Setter |editor3-first= Jane |editor4-last= Jones |editor4-first= Daniel |editor4-link= Daniel Jones (phonetician) |year= 2006 |publisher= CUP |location= Cambridge |edition= 17th |isbn= 978-0-521-68086-8 }}</ref>