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Världens språk

Slagord

Sat, Oct 15, 2011
"Hope" and "change" were the words that helped Barack Obama become president. Who can he use to get re-elected? We talk to Steven Holst, who worked with Obama's campaign in 2008. We also meet Anneli Toresson, political speechwriter for both Göran Persson and Mona Sahlin. For her, words are the most important tool of politics. The spring of 2011 became what came to be known as the Arab Spring. In several countries in the Arab world, the people revolted against authoritarian regimes. As the most important information spreader between the countries was the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera. There, slogans from the various revolutions were picked up and spread to other countries.
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Spanskan vs engelskan
Spanish vs English. Today, five languages compete for the title of the world's largest language: English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Hindi. Why has Brazil decided to introduce Spanish as a second language and which language is most useful for a globetrotter? We also examine whether Spanish will become the largest language in the United States.
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Ett folk, ett språk, en nation
Could Belgium be about to split in two? We travel there to hear the arguments for dividing the country along language lines. Often the language is perceived as the soul of the nation and carrier of the culture. Fatima chats with Paul Bilbao about Basque, a language that has no homeland and that has been chosen to defend with violence against the Spanish government. We also meet Dilsa Demirbag Sten and talk about the future of Kurdish as a language without a country.
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