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106 - The Language Secret - John Stedman - How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly

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The Complexity of Banto Languages

Banto languages don't have a gender like lu la, but they have something called class so every noun is in a particular class. In some of the more complex banto languages, there are up to 20 classs. The most complex one i learnt has 16. So instead of having the choice between lu and la, you have to figure out which of the 16 classes is the non ing. It makes the language sound very harmonious and musical. And how did you manage to learn thisye, it's a lot easier than it sounds.

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