The editors of the German Duden dictionary added 5,000 words to the 26th edition, many of them English or of English origin. Some Germans aren't happy (NYT Op-ed)
All languages are enriched by borrowing foreign words. But some believe that, with the international spread of English, the process has gone too far. Can the Germans, the French and others halt the Anglo-Saxon tide?
Art installation based on a parrot said to have been found by German naturalist Alexander van Humboldt, which was the last surviving "speaker" of Maypure.
In 1799 the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was exploring the Orinoco and Amazon rivers and documenting the languages and cultures of the tribes he encountered there. He was given a parrot which was apparently the last surviving 'speaker' of the Maypure language.