PPT INDO PACIFIC LANGUAGES
                     Learn Indo Pacific 
 languages
Learn Arabic 
 Today
Arabic is the official language of over 20  
countries and is spoken by over 320 million  
native speakers. It is also an official language 
of  the United Nations, the Arab League, the  
Organization of Islamic Conference, and the  
African Union.
Fino’CThamoru
Chamorro is spoken in Guam, an 
 "unincorporated territory"  
(functionally a colony) of the US  
in the western Pacific. Here the  
language, still spoken by 47,000  
speakers, is endangered.
WThy Study
Hindi & 
Urdu?
Hindi derives from Sanskrit, uses Sanskrit (Devanagari)  
script, and relies on Sanskrit vocabulary; Urdu uses  
Persian (Nastaliq) script and is influenced by Persian-  
Arabic vocabulary. Yet the two are completely mutually  
intelligible in everyday spoken usage, linguistically  
inseparable, and are in fact one language in structure and 
 grammar. So Hindi-Urdu as one opens doors towards  
South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle  
East and embodies their cultural and linguistic symbiosis.
Study Samoan
Basics: The Samoan Language certificate consists 
of a  minimum of 15 credits beyond the 
introductory (100-)  level. Intermediate- (200-) 
level language courses may  count for both HSL 
and the Language Certificate when  courses are 
taken for a letter grade. Students must
maintain a 3.0 GPA in all courses counting toward 
the  Certificate. All courses must likewise be taken 
for a letter  grade; CR/NC and Back Credits cannot 
count toward the  Language Certificate
Language and Literature 
 Programs
Languages of the Nowhere in the world are 
 so many Pacific languages taught as in the  
Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and  
Literatures. Note that not all language  
programs have a literature or  
philologycomponent
Chamorro 
 Maori  
Samoan  
Tahitian  
Tongan
Southeast Asian Languages 
 Cambodian
Filipino
I  lokano
Indonesian-
MalayThai  
Vietnamese
South Asian and Semitic 
Languages  Arabic
Hindi-
Urdu  
Sanskrit
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