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Rejang (baso Jang, baso Hejang [citation needed]) is an Austronesian language predominantly spoken by the Rejang people in southwestern parts of Sumatra (), Indonesia.There are five dialects, spread from mountainous region to the coastal region of Bengkulu, including the Musi (Musai) dialect, the Lebong dialect, the Kebanagung dialect, the Rawas (Awes) dialect, and the Pesisir dialect.
[1] [12] One such speller, Nihar Janga from Austin, Texas, became the youngest champion in the Bee's history when he won the title in 2016 at the age of 11. [13] The 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was the first time that an African-American (Zaila Avant-garde) became the champion and only the second time that the champion was a black person.
A spelling bee at an elementary school, with a speller addressing an audience and a judge, with other contestants behind. A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. To compete, contestants must memorize the spellings of words as written in ...
He was the winner of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee; [4] an interview on CNN with Kiran Chetry after his win, in which he misspelled scombridae due to the interviewer's pronunciation, later became a viral video. [5] [6] During this time he was a four-time International Math Olympiad medalist, with two gold and two silver medals. [7]
The National Spelling Bee is intense. Over 11 million kids take part in the spelling bee circuit across the country. Eventually, 200 spellers advance to the national stage.
While Panch explains the rules, Rona gushes over what she loves about the bee ("The Spelling Rules / My Favorite Moment of the Bee 1"). The spelling bee begins. Each time a speller is called, Rona shares a piece of information about them. When Leaf Coneybear is first called up, he has a flashback to when he got into the county bee on a lark.
In 2019, the Spelling Bee ran out of words that might challenge the contestants and ended up having 8 winners. The 2020 National Spelling Bee competition, originally scheduled for May 24, was suspended and later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] [4] This was the first time it had been canceled since 1945. [5]
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile."