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  2. Balinese language - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the Bali Cultural Agency estimated that the number of people still using the Balinese language in their daily lives on Bali Island does not exceed 1 million, as in urban areas their parents only introduce the Indonesian language or even English as a foreign language, while daily conversations in the institutions and the mass media have ...

  3. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Long Island, New York: Residents pronounce it as / l ɔː ŋ ˈ ɡ aɪ l ə n d /, while non-residents pronounce it as / l ɔː ŋ ˈ aɪ l ə n d /. Kuykendahl Road, Houston, Texas: Non-locals will try to sound this out, but most locals know to pronounce it as KIRK -en-doll or / k ɜːr k ɪ n d ɔː l / .

  4. Balinese name - Wikipedia

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    A birth order name is chosen from a few typical names according to the position of the child in the birth order of siblings. The people of Bali use the birth order name to refer to one another. The first born are named Wayan, Putu, Gede or for a girl, Ni Luh. Wayan is a Balinese name meaning "eldest".

  5. Bali - Wikipedia

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    Bali (English: / ˈ b ɑː l i /; Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast.

  6. How do you pronounce ‘Nvidia’? Here’s how to say the $3 ...

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    Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...

  7. Denpasar - Wikipedia

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    Denpasar is the main gateway to the Bali island, the city is also a hub for other cities in the Lesser Sunda Islands. With the rapid growth of the tourism industry in Bali, Denpasar has encouraged and promoted business activities and ventures, contributing to it having the highest growth rate in Bali Province.

  8. Comparison of General American and Received Pronunciation

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    Rhoticity – GA is rhotic while RP is non-rhotic; that is, the phoneme /r/ is only pronounced in RP when it is immediately followed by a vowel sound. [5] Where GA pronounces /r/ before a consonant and at the end of an utterance, RP either has no consonant (if the preceding vowel is /ɔː/, /ɜ:/ or /ɑː/, as in bore, burr and bar) or has a schwa instead (the resulting sequences being ...

  9. List of irregularly spelled places in the United States

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    Camano Island: kə-MAY-noh / k ə ˈ m eɪ n oʊ / Canaan Valley: kə-NAYN / k ə ˈ n eɪ n / Casa Grande, Arizona: KASS-ə GRAND / ˈ k æ s ə ˌ ɡ r æ n d / KASS-ə GRAN-dee / ˈ k æ s ə ˌ ɡ r æ n d i / Camp Hill, Pennsylvania: kam-PIL / k æ m ˈ p ɪ l / Canajoharie, New York: KAN-ə-jə-HAIR-ee / ˈ k æ n ə dʒ ə ˈ h ɛər i ...