BBC E-mail: Congo word 'most untranslatable'

[Aurolyn Luykx]

Aurolyn Luykx saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
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Rather a silly and misleading contest, but I guess any raising of public awareness about linguistic complexity is a good thing, right?

** Congo word 'most untranslatable' **
A word in the Tshiluba language of the DR Congo is the most difficult to translate, according to a survey of linguists.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/africa/3830521.stm >


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