Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The island that changed English
Language is the main tool for communication. It reflects the culture and history of the community that is used in. It also changes accordingly to the environment and situations. For example, while new words and phrases are added to daily dialogues, such as smartphone and apps, unused or outdated ones are forgotten over time like a cassette tape and fax machine.
So, local languages that are almost exclusively spoken in isolated communities like remote mountain villages or small islands, seem to evolve distinctly different from the original source of the language.
That was what this reporter experienced when she visited one of the small islands in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, where 280,000 people live in 65 small islands.
Enjoy reading and learning what could influence a language over time.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170814-how-one-language-unites-83-islands
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