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...that the
totem pole
(pictured)
which welcomes visitors to the
British Museum
was documented for the museum by
Rev. John Henry Keen
years before it was purchased?
...that
Missouri French
is a nearly extinct dialect of
French
that developed in what is now the
midwestern United States
during the colonial period?
...that
Hindi
,
Bengali
, and
Portuguese
were all proposed as
official languages of the United Nations
?
...that the
Vedda language
is a
Creole
based on
Sinhalese
of
Sri Lanka
instead of a
dialect
?
More Did you know
Source
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/November#26 November 2010
, Dated archive of
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appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/September#13 September 2010
, Dated archive of
Main Page
appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February#6 February 2010
, Dated archive of
Main Page
appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March#3 March 2010
, Dated archive of
Main Page
appearance.